As Profits Recover, Airbus Argues For Fast Narrowbody Ramp-Up

A321XLR
Airbus will begin delivering the A321XLR from 2023.
Credit: Airbus / S. Verger
Airbus is insisting that its planned production rate increases are strongly supported by customer demand and needs more buy-in from a supply chain reluctant to come in fully behind the expansion. “I am disappointed that some partners are challenging the ramp-up,” Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said...
Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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