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Airbus has warned it could leave the UK if the nation exits the European Union single market and customs union with out a transition deal.
The European planemaker mentioned the warning was not a part of "project fear, but its "dawning actuality".
Airbus employs about 14,000 individuals at 25 completely different websites within the UK.
Last week, the outgoing president of the CBI mentioned sections of UK trade confronted extinction except the UK stayed within the EU customs union.
It brings collectively the EU's 28 members in a duty-free space, with a widespread import tariff for non-EU items.
Prime Minister Theresa May has dominated out staying within the customs union. The UK is because of leave the EU on Friday, 29 March, 2019.
In its Brexit "risk assessment" printed on Thursday, Airbus mentioned if the UK left the EU subsequent 12 months with out a dealwhich means it left each the one market and customs union instantly and with out with none agreed transitionit would "lead to severe disruption and interruption of UK production".
"This scenario would force Airbus to reconsider its investments in the UK, and its long-term footprint in the country," it added.
The firm, which makes wings for its passenger planes within the UK, additionally mentioned the present deliberate transition interval which is because of finish in December 2020 was too brief for it to make modifications to its provide chain.
As a end result it would "refrain from extending" its UK provider base. It mentioned it at the moment had greater than four,000 suppliers within the UK.
Tom Williams, chief working officer of Airbus Commercial Aircraft, mentioned in "any scenario" Brexit had "severe negative consequences" for the UK aerospace trade and Airbus particularly.
Further, with out a deal he mentioned Airbus believed the impacts on its UK operations could be "significant".
"We have sought to highlight our concerns over the past 12 months, without success. Far from Project Fear, this is a dawning reality for Airbus," he mentioned.
"Put simply, a no-deal scenario directly threatens Airbus' future in the UK."
Conservative MP Stephen Crabb mentioned the warning from Airbus needs to be a "wake-up call".
Mr Crabb posted on Twitter: "The enormous Airbus factory in North Wales is one of the jewels in the crown of UK manufacturing. This is a wake-up call. A pragmatic, sensible Brexit that protects trade & jobs is vital."
And shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer posted on Twitter: "If proof was needed that the PM's Brexit red lines need to be abandoned (and fast), this is it."
The warnings from Airbus echo feedback made on Wednesday by the boss of Siemens within the UK.
Jürgen Maier mentioned the UK ought to ought to stay within the customs union after Brexit except there was a "proper alternative".
Last week, Paul Drechsler, the outgoing president of the CBI, mentioned some components of trade within the UK confronted extinction if the nation left the EU customs union.
Paul Drechsler mentioned automotive agency bosses had come to him saying the trade would undergo except there was "real frictionless trade".
Mr Drechsler additionally mentioned there was "zero evidence" that commerce offers outdoors the EU would offer any financial profit to Britain.