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Lessons Learned The Hard Way For Airbus

This was supposed to be a pivotal year for Airbus. The aircraft manufacturer had planned to ramp up production of the A350 and the new A320neo, delivering the next-generation airliners to eager customers. But the carefully scripted ramp-ups have been blown off course by suppliers, whose late deliveries have left nearly complete airplanes missing everything from engines to bathroom doors. Airbus plans to deliver 50 A350s this year. With seven months to go, it has delivered just nine. Now Airbus is going public with its ire.

At a media briefing in Hamburg, Chief Operating Officer Tom Williams singled out Pratt & Whitney, noting sarcastically that as a result of delays with Pratt's PW-1100G engines Airbus is building A320neo "gliders." While Airbus hopes that problem will be resolved soon, the airframer continues to be bedeviled by late deliveries of interior equipment, and CEO Fabrice Bregier says he has had enough.