Impending from the aircraft – Airbus boss “totally confident” of “A380″ – Süddeutsche.de

Impending from the aircraft – Airbus boss "totally confident" of "A380″ – Süddeutsche.de

• Airbus CEO Fabrice Brégier responds to the threat from the A380 . The machine will continue to build
• The demand for the A380 We are currently depends mainly on Emirates from within the industry, the trend is rather smaller machines.

By Jens Flottau

” additional customers get “

Airbus CEO Fabrice Brégier leaves no doubt that the Airbus A380 continues to be built. “We will get additional customers,” he said on the company’s investor day on Thursday. Given the weak demand for the huge aircraft CFO Harald Wilhelm had mentioned the day before their first opportunity to stop the program.

From next year until 2017 would the A380 recoup the cost of production , This will probably succeed in 2018 and beyond, even if Airbus will set the program.

The currently planned production is up to and including 2017 sold per year are currently 30 machines built. 2018 are still available production time. The demand for the A380 depends primarily on the flight Emirates Group, in the industry, the giant aircraft is considered more likely to be impractical. The technique is relatively old, the machine has four drives works at a cost disadvantage compared to smaller long-haul aircraft.

Not all jobs completely safe

Brégier opposed the but strong words. “We will one day have a A380neo build” – that is, with new engines – “and we are prolonged A380 build one day.” He is further from the aircraft “totally convinced. What’s the problem?”

Sales Director John Leahy According currently run four sales campaigns with clients, the A380 already have. Emirates urges equip the machine with new engines. Given the growth in world aviation had the niche for very large machines “grow by definition”. However, it was not “an enormous market.”

Airbus has orders for 318 A380 , 147 machines have been delivered. Of the 171 remaining but all the orders are not entirely sure. Industry experts doubt whether Amedeo (Irish aircraft leasing company, 20 jets), Transaero (Russia, four), Virgin Atlantic (six) and Air Austral (Réunion, two) actually take over all aircraft.