Airbus’ Top Worry Shifts From Suppliers To Trade

Airbus manufacturing facility

Airbus is adding single-aisle final assembly capacity in Toulouse (pictured) and elsewhere to boost output to a combined 75 aircraft per month.

Credit: Airbus
Airbus is glimpsing the end of narrowbody and widebody production bottlenecks, elevating questions about the global trade environment as the biggest cloud over the company’s prospects. Although the company’s aircraft shipments are trailing what is needed to meet the 820-unit delivery guidance for...
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Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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