Saturday, December 11, 2010

Spiegel: EADS chief says Airbus A350 has used up margin

Airbus has used up much of its time margin for its key A350 XWB program and widened its projected delivery window, Louis Gallois, chief executive officer of Airbus parent EADS, told Germany's Spiegel International in an interview published Friday.

"Airbus has already used up a large part of its built-in time buffer," he said. "Some of Airbus's subcontractors were late in delivering, or details in the design of some components had to be changed. To put it bluntly, we have now somewhat widened the initial delivery window for the A350 -- from July 2013 to......

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