Aircraft
Airbus Under Pressure To Meet 2016 Delivery Goals
Company plans heavily ‘backloaded’ delivery schedule in fourth quarter
Airbus Group CFO Harald Wilhelm (Photo: Airbus Group)
Airbus Group CFO Harald Wilhelm (Photo: Airbus Group)

Airbus sees the prospect of delivering 50 A350s by the end of the year as increasingly feasible, notwithstanding what CFO Harald Wilhelm characterized as insufficient progress among some suppliers in resolving the continuing problem of so-called traveled work. To meet its A350 delivery goal for the year Airbus would have to ship 24 airplanes—nearly as many as it has delivered since Qatar Airways took the first production example in December 2014.