AIRPORT INDUSTRY ASSESSES IMPACT OF A380 CANCELLATION
April 1st, 2019
THE INTERNATIONAL airport industry is assessing the potential impact of Airbus’ cancellation, from 2021, of its manufacturing programme for the wide-bodied A380 airliner – a plane that sparked multi-million dollar improvements to airports worldwide.
Faced with a reduction in orders from its key supporter, Emirates airline, of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Airbus announced when releasing its 2018 results on February 14, that its programme to build this ground-breaking large jet would be wound up.
Its report noted that Emirates was reducing its A380 ...
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