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Airbus chief apologises for yet another delay in A380-programme

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Airbus president and CEO Paul Enders has apologised for the inconvenience to the company's customers caused by the latest delay in deliveries of the A380 Superjumbo.

He stated that, in a review of the A380 programme the company had ascertained that, although a lot of progress had been made over the last 18 months, "we cannot avoid further incremental delay in [production] ramp-up in 2008/9".

Airbus now plans to deliver 12 A380s this year, instead of 13. Deliveries in 2009, will number 21 instead of 25. Details about production ramp-up and deliveries in 2010, and subsequent years, will be discussed with customers in the coming weeks.

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