Airbus Goes Slow on A220 Output as Factories Near ‘Highest Risk’
- With sales picking up, next challenge is to boost production
- European planemaker sees output of 14 a month by mid-2020s
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Now that Airbus SE is starting to see fresh sales momentum for its sleek A220 jet, it faces a different challenge: getting the small single-aisle planes to impatient customers.
The airliner formerly known as the C Series has amassed a backlog of 480 unfilled orders under Airbus and Canada’s Bombardier Inc., which handed control of its marquee jet to the European planemaker in July after years of disappointing orders.