Airbus’s most important aircraft can’t shake its teething problems
Airbus' most important aircraft just can’t shake its teething problems. The manufacturer has been forced to suspend some deliveries of its A320neo jet following another issue with the engines supplied by Pratt & Whitney. It’s impossible to overestimate the importance of the A320 for Airbus. It put the planemaker on the map 3 decades ago, allowing the company to go from a speck in Boeing’s rear-view mirror to powerful equal in what has become a de-facto duopoly in the global civil-aircraft market. Airbus churns out more than 50 of the aircraft each month, and the promise of the neo with its more fuel-efficient engines turned the model into the fastest seller in commercial aviation history, forcing Boeing to respond with a refreshed 737. <br/>
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Airbus’s most important aircraft can’t shake its teething problems
Airbus' most important aircraft just can’t shake its teething problems. The manufacturer has been forced to suspend some deliveries of its A320neo jet following another issue with the engines supplied by Pratt & Whitney. It’s impossible to overestimate the importance of the A320 for Airbus. It put the planemaker on the map 3 decades ago, allowing the company to go from a speck in Boeing’s rear-view mirror to powerful equal in what has become a de-facto duopoly in the global civil-aircraft market. Airbus churns out more than 50 of the aircraft each month, and the promise of the neo with its more fuel-efficient engines turned the model into the fastest seller in commercial aviation history, forcing Boeing to respond with a refreshed 737. <br/>
