Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said on Thursday that if Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket-to-satellite project must operate in Europe, it will raise concerns about anti-competitive practices.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has significantly reduced launch costs in the commercial industry by introducing reusable rockets, enabling the rapid deployment of the growing Starlink constellation, with a current total of nearly 7000 satellites in orbit.

In contrast, Europe's flagship Ariane 6 launcher is partially manufactured by Airbus. While american airlines, after a long-delayed test flight in July, have yet to conduct their first commercial flight. It plans to conduct approximately 10 flights per year, only a small part of what SpaceX does.

"I think what the Americans and SpaceX are doing is amazing. It's miraculous, breaking some of our rules. It's very concentrated, while in European projects we are very dispersed and distributed," Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said.

"So it's launchers, satellites, manufacturing, operating the constellation." He said during an aviation event in Frankfurt, "It's a highly concentrated model, whereas in Europe, due to antitrust rules, we are not allowed to consider this model."

Supported by major space funding countries in Europe like France, Airbus and other manufacturers have long complained that Europe's space industry is hindered by regulations requiring countries participating in funding the Ariane project to share the work.

Faury said, in contrast, SpaceX can freely decide where to invest and produce 80% of the required products.

"In Europe, we tend to... on the contrary. We produce 20% and purchase 80%. By purchasing 80%, you have a large supply base, which makes everyone happy. Well, SpaceX by Elon Musk has not satisfied anyone except Elon Musk," Fulis said.

SpaceX did not immediately respond to requests for comment.