Airbus to miss A380 delivery target due to Qantas incident

Airbus will miss its delivery target of 20 A380s this year because of disruptions resulting from the uncontained failure of a Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine, which forced a Qantas A380 to make an emergency landing in early November.

The manufacturer now says it will deliver 19 A380s this year, whereas Airbus executive vice-president of programmes Tom Williams said in May that it was looking to deliver "20 or over 20" of the type.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/12/15/350962/airbus-to-miss-a380-delivery-target-due-to-qantas-incident.html

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Boeing ha decidido retirar del mercado EL 787-3 Dreamliner ante la falta de interés del mercado.

El -3 era la versión de corto recorrido (6.500 kilómetros frente a más de 15.000 kilóemtros de alcance de los Boeing 787-8 y Boeing 787-9) y con una capacidad de 296 pasajeros en dos clases frente a 223 en tres clases del Boeing 787-8 y 259 pasajeros en tres clases del Boeing 787-9.
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http://fly-news.es/industria/boeing-787-3-dreamliner-cancelado-por-boeing/

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