By David Kaminski-Morrow2021-02-18T11:25:00+00:00
Airbus is intending to achieve break-even on its twin-aisle programmes at the reduced rate of production, while it acknowledges that a shift in demand mix puts increased pressure on its loss-making A220 lines.
Production of twin-aisle jets is running at five-monthly for the A350 and two-monthly for the A330.
“We want to get to [widebody] break-even, even at the current rate,” said Airbus chief financial officer Dominik Asam, speaking during a full-year briefing on 18 February.
He says the airframer’s restructuring efforts are “pushing us a long way towards that goal” and that the twin-aisle programmes should be “break-even or better” in the “not-too-distant future”.