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It figures Airbus wouldn't add a new production line for an aircraft first introduced in 1988 and for which a replacement could arrive in 2024 or 2025.
by fmajid 3y ago
It figures Airbus wouldn't add a new production line for an aircraft first introduced in 1988 and for which a replacement could arrive in 2024 or 2025.
- sofixa 3y ago> for which a replacement could arrive in 2024 or 2025 That's unlikely. They're in the process of testing out various moonshots (hydrogen powered aircraft in multiple configurations, flying wings, open fan engines), and it's practically impossible to have enough data to engage in a new design so quickly. Especially when the neo A320 family is quite new, selling very well, and has new models coming out soon (A321LR and XLR), and they already have the A220 that can use new engines and a stretch.
- hef19898 3y agoFor a replacement to arrive in the next 2 years, planes would have to be already in flight testing. Moonshots are good, aren't they? Difference between Airbus and the various Start-Up moonshoots: the former is financed by their existing business activities, while the latter is financed by VC money.