Airbus intends to ramp-up the monthly production rate of its A320 family aircraft to 38 a month in August 2011 and to 40 a month in first quarter of 2012.
At present, the company turns out 34 A320 family aircraft a month, with that rising to 36 from December 2010.
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Airbus executive vice-president or programmes Tom Williams said the recent Farnborough International Air Show, where Airbus garnered orders worth $28bn and leasing companies made a strong return to the market, indicates a strong and positive trend towards recovery.
“Increased demand for the aircraft and a healthy backlog led us to decide to further ramp up our production rate to 40 aircraft a month by 2012,” Williams said.
Airbus delivered a total of 498 aircraft in 2009, including 402 A320 family aircraft.
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