SINGAPORE, 14 Dec 2017:
Airbus SE (is considering a reduction in A380 superjumbo production to six or seven a year but the company had not made a final decision yet, a top executive said today.
“We believe we can produce this aircraft at 6-7 a year in an industrial way,” Airbus chief operating officer Fabrice Bregier said after the first Singapore Airlines Ltd A380 featuring a new cabin configuration landed in Singapore.
“The A380 will find its way progressively.”
Industry sources said this week the company is exploring plans to cut A380 production to as low as six aircraft per year as it battles to make the world’s largest airliner commercially viable beyond the end of the decade.
– Reuters