Mobile’s Airbus said it will for not furlough or layoff any of its staff amid reports Monday that the international plane maker has sidelined thousands of employees in the United Kingdom because of the economic downturn brought on by COVID-19.

Airbus has already cut production rates across its international sites by about a third, according to an Airbus spokesperson in Mobile.

“Airbus globally has reduced its production rates to a level that preserves Airbus’ ability to meet customer demand while also protecting the company’s ability to further adapt as the global market evolves,” Kristi Tucker told AL.com in an email Monday. “This represents a reduction of the pre-coronavirus average rates of roughly one third. Mobile’s rate will be impacted along with the other A320 FALs and Mirabel A220 FAL, but we will continue to be a vital part of Airbus’ production network.”

When asked specifically about the possibility of job losses, Tucker said there would be “no furloughs or layoffs at this time.”

The move comes after Chief Executive Guillaume Faury warned Monday the company was "bleeding cash at an unprecedented speed.”

Faury also told Airbus’ 135,000 staff to prepare for possible deep job cuts and warned that its survival was at stake without immediate action. Government assisted job schemes have already been implemented in France where 3,000 staff were furloughed about 10 days ago.

The news comes as Airbus employees in Mobile prepare to return to work after three weeks out.

“In the near term, we are returning to production in Mobile on Wednesday under strict hygiene and social distancing rules,” said Tucker. “This follows a 3-week production pause that began on April 8.”

Airbus announced Monday that it will furlough 3,200 employees at its production site in North Wales. The France-based company said about half of the staff at its British site would be placed on the U.K. government’s job retention scheme, which pays 80 percent of wages.

The company is then expected to top up salaries by a further 5 to 10 percent.