Supplier Snags Sink Airbus A380 Delivery Target For This Year

Airbus will miss its target of delivering at least 20 A380s this year owing to supplier problems. The main culprit is Rolls-Royce and its Trent 900. In the aftermath of the uncontained engine failure of one of the turbofans on Qantas Flight QF32, Rolls-Royce has been unable to get sufficient...

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