Good news for Airbus: Qantas orders more A380 aircraft
By SwizStick • Oct 29th, 2006 • Category: Air Cargo, AirlinesVia Yahoo! News:
Australian flag-carrier Qantas Airways has announced that it had placed firm orders for eight more Airbus A380 superjumbos despite repeated delivery delays.
The vote of confidence in the world’s largest passenger aircraft comes after Airbus announced a series of setbacks putting the arrival of the first of the airline’s original order of 12 aircraft about two years behind schedule.
“Our decision to increase our order has been made after an extensive review of the recent problems at Airbus,” Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon said in a statement on Sunday.
“We are convinced that these problems relate to industrialisation issues at Airbus and will be remedied, and in no way relate to the technical capacity of the A380.”
Qantas is sticking with the A380 superjumbo despite the numerous delays in its development and delivery. So far they are the lone stalwart amongst A380 customers, as other airlines are investigating possible action against Airbus including financial compensation, cancellation or reduction of their orders, and worse, retaliation by ordering from arch-rival Boeing.
Stumble it!
Related Posts:
SwizStick is
Email this author | All posts by SwizStick
