Friday, February 4, 2011

Airbus to up A330 production, Boeing may produce more than 10 B787s per month

Responding to high levels of market demand, Airbus announced plans to increase production from eight to nine aircraft per month by early 2012 and 10 a month by 2Q2013. The A330 has won orders over the past few years, as Boeing customers seek to fill fleet gaps due to the three-year delay to the B787.

The production decision will not affect A330 deliveries 2011. It does place more pressure on aircraft parts suppliers that are struggling to deal with production increases across many Airbus and Boeing models.

Airbus has also announced that it has cancelled an order for 12 A330 freighters from......

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