Airbus expects that most of the A380 deliveries this year will take place in the second half, as the manufacturer assesses the effects of last November's Qantas engine failure incident.
Speaking at Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, executive vice-president for programmes Tom Williams said the airframer had removed Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines out of the production line "to keep the fleet flying".
He says the aircraft in the final assembly line are "short of engines" and that the matter is "still an issue", but adds that the problems are "well understood" and that there is a "solution in place" regarding the Trent 900's......
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