World Affairs Board - View Single Post - Late delivery of Airbus A380, stock plunges

gunnut · 06-19-2006, 16:57 PM

A-380 has weight problems. It's huge size made the wake turbulent so bad that follow up flights have to be spaced out at 2 min interval instead of the traditional 1 min or 90 sec. Airbus is not only delaying the initial delivery, it's also scaling back production schedule from 20 planes a year to 9 planes.

Singapore and other customers are not happy about it because they have to delay retiring schedule of their older jets set to be replaced by A-380.

Airbus is also thinking about a complete redesign of its A-350 to better compete against Boeing's 787, which will cost Airbus an extra 2 billion euros.

To be fair, the 787 is rumored to have weight problems of its own. Its ambitious fuel savings might have to be cut back, which will piss off customers who bought it based on efficiency.

It'll be interesting in the aviation industry over the next 2 years.

06-19-2006, 16:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
gunnut *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 01-27-06 Location: DPRK, Democratik People's Republik of Kalifornia Posts: 9,886 Country:	A-380 has weight problems. It's huge size made the wake turbulent so bad that follow up flights have to be spaced out at 2 min interval instead of the traditional 1 min or 90 sec. Airbus is not only delaying the initial delivery, it's also scaling back production schedule from 20 planes a year to 9 planes. Singapore and other customers are not happy about it because they have to delay retiring schedule of their older jets set to be replaced by A-380. Airbus is also thinking about a complete redesign of its A-350 to better compete against Boeing's 787, which will cost Airbus an extra 2 billion euros. To be fair, the 787 is rumored to have weight problems of its own. Its ambitious fuel savings might have to be cut back, which will piss off customers who bought it based on efficiency. It'll be interesting in the aviation industry over the next 2 years.