ILFC's Udvar-Hazy reportedly sours on A380
Tuesday June 9, 2009
ILFC Chairman and CEO Steven Udvar-Hazy reportedly has threatened to cancel or reduce the lessor's order for 10 A380s.
Speaking to German weekly Wirtschaftswoche, he said, "We are asking ourselves if we are really going to take delivery of the 10 planes. . . We can cancel our order without penalty between January and June 2010, but we might also postpone deliveries or replace the A380 with another plane."
He made a similar statement to Munich's Suddeutsche Zeitung, which quoted him as saying that the lessor could cancel without penalty between January and June 2010.
"I see a general structural change in the industry and in the way that airlines think about the A380," Udvar-Hazy told the newspaper, while Wirtschaftswoche quoted him as saying that there has been "an important change in attitude by airlines regarding the A380" and that "interest is weaker than expected, in particular among the Chinese." He added, "If I were Airbus I would be very worried. At current production rhythms, it will be very hard to make money with this plane."
by ATWOnline Staff
Tuesday June 9, 2009
ILFC Chairman and CEO Steven Udvar-Hazy reportedly has threatened to cancel or reduce the lessor's order for 10 A380s.
Speaking to German weekly Wirtschaftswoche, he said, "We are asking ourselves if we are really going to take delivery of the 10 planes. . . We can cancel our order without penalty between January and June 2010, but we might also postpone deliveries or replace the A380 with another plane."
He made a similar statement to Munich's Suddeutsche Zeitung, which quoted him as saying that the lessor could cancel without penalty between January and June 2010.
"I see a general structural change in the industry and in the way that airlines think about the A380," Udvar-Hazy told the newspaper, while Wirtschaftswoche quoted him as saying that there has been "an important change in attitude by airlines regarding the A380" and that "interest is weaker than expected, in particular among the Chinese." He added, "If I were Airbus I would be very worried. At current production rhythms, it will be very hard to make money with this plane."
by ATWOnline Staff