With not a single order placed by an airline for the Airbus A380 so far in 2014, Airbus Chief Financial Officer, Harald Wilhelm, has told investors in London that the plane maker will need to make big changes if the jumbo is to continue production beyond 2018.
Speaking at the Airbus Annual Investor Meeting in London on December 10, Mr Willhelm said the company faced the decision of either making the Airbus A380 more attractive by offering new engines or discontinuing the program. In July, Japan’s budget carrier Skymark Airlines cancelled all six of the planes it had ordered leaving Dublin-based leasing…
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