Airbus Focused On A350 Component Maturity Rather Than Schedule

Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier says component maturity for its A350 program is more important to the European airframer than a strict adherence to a final assembly schedule for the first A350 test aircraft. “We don’t want to rush to final assembly with incomplete wings,” he said during the Airbus wrap...

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