Airbus To Decide On A320 Engines Within Eight Weeks

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Airbus CEO Tom Enders vows the company will make a decision on whether to reengine the A320 family roughly within the next eight weeks and keep to its commitment to resolve the discussion before year-end.

Two more months is the decision window given the end of year holidays, he told the U.K. Aviation Club in London. “I’m confident we will be able to decide.”

As to the substance of the discussions, not much seems to have changed in recent weeks. Enders notes the business case is “convincing” and it makes strategic sense, but the sticking point remains the engineering wherewithal. “We are struggling with critical resources,” he notes, pointing to the heavy engineering workload associated with the A350XWB twin-widebody, the A400M military airlifter, and finishing activities on the A380













A320 passenger to freighter conversion deal secured despite second delay
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/10/21/348719/a320-passenger-to-freighter-conversion-deal-secured-despite-second-delay.html