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Analysts and Airbus Clash Over Airbus A220-500 Launch at Paris Air Show
There seems to be a disagreement between analysts and Airbus regarding the potential launch of the Airbus A220-500, a stretched variant of the A220 aircraft, at the upcoming Paris Air Show. (www.airguide.info) More...
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Airbus put out a statement recently that they're not going to launch it yet, so what's the clash?
"Out of the 271 Airbus A220s delivered to airlines so far, data from ch-aviation.com indicates that 62 are currently in storage or undergoing maintenance, including testbeds and aircraft used by the manufacturer."
https://www.airguide.info/analysts-and-airbus-clash-over-airbus-a220-500-launch-at-paris-air-show/
'Holy smokes Batman, the Batmobile turbine is broken.' Robin
https://www.airguide.info/analysts-and-airbus-clash-over-airbus-a220-500-launch-at-paris-air-show/
'Holy smokes Batman, the Batmobile turbine is broken.' Robin
Indeed the turbine is broken - The Pratt and Whitney turbines. Seems that Airbus's big mistake was to not source a different power plant option maybe from RR or CFM although they too are having similar supply chain problems as P&W.
If they are all experiencing problems, having 3 f'd suppliers only further complicates matters and dilute efforts for resolution of one type or another with P&W. Perhaps having a steady hand is the better mid to long-range strategy.
I think that decision was made way before Airbus got involved in the program.
There can only be 1 source of truth in this case and that would be Airbus.
