Altri 6 mesi di ritardo per l'A380


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Airbus announces new A380 delivery delays; EIS put off until 2007
Wednesday June 14, 2006

Airbus yesterday revealed that A380 launch customer Singapore Airlines will receive its first aircraft too late in the year to place it into service in 2006, as SIA had hoped.

The airframer also said that the A380 delivery schedule will undergo a shift of "six to seven months" and that "production ramp-up issues" likely will limit 2007 deliveries to just nine aircraft rather than around 20 as previously planned. A further shortfall in deliveries of 5-9 aircraft is expected in 2008 and approximately five in 2009.

Speaking to reporters in Toulouse at the company's annual technical press briefing, President and CEO Gustav Humbert said he had spoken personally with 10 CEOs whose airlines are affected by the delays. "They were not happy with Airbus, but they appreciate our approach," he said, adding that "Airbus takes full responsibility" for the situation.

According to a company statement, the delays are owing to "industrial issues only...mainly traceable to bottlenecks formed in the definition, manufacturing and installation of electrical systems and resulting harnesses." A total of 15 aircraft have been assembled including the static and fatigue test airframes, but many are awaiting wiring. Customers for the A380-800F will not be affected by the delays. The manufacturer also said a review has indicated that "further actions are required to secure a ramp-up recovery" in 2008-09.

Under the original program schedule, SIA expected to take its first A380 last month. In May 2005, however, Airbus said the program would slip several months (ATWOnline, May 5, 2005). Tuesday's announcement is the first time it formally confirmed that SIA will not be able to place the A380 into service in 2006. The carrier is believed to be taking the first five, followed by four to Emirates and two to Qantas.

Yesterday an Emirates spokesperson told Reuters that the airline now expects its first A380 in September 2007 with EIS in January 2008. When the original delivery delays were announced a year ago, Qantas was told to expect its first aircraft in May 2007, a date that apparently has slipped to the end of the fourth quarter or early 2008.

Separately, Airbus parent EADS said it anticipates average annual EBIT shortfalls of €500 million ($630 million) in 2007-10 owing to the delays. "We have a serious issue with the industrial ramp-up of the A380. We expect Airbus management to fully deliver according to the revised schedule and, if possible, even to improve," EADS Co-CEOs Tom Enders and Noel Forgeard said in a statement.

by Perry Flint and Aaron Karp

http://www.atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=5382
 
11:09:28 EMIRATES SAYS AIRBUS WILL HAVE TO PAY PENALTIES ON DELAY OF A380 DELIVERIES

DUBAI (AFX) - DUBAI'S FLAGSHIP AIRLINE EMIRATES SAID A FURTHER DELAY IN THE DELIVERY OF THE A380 SUPER JUMBO, ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY BY AIRBUS, MEANS THAT AIRBUS WILL HAVE TO PAY PENALTIES. 'IT OBVIOUSLY DELAYS EXPANSION PLANS AND AFFECTS POTENTIAL FUTURE REVENUE,' A COMPANY SPOKESPERSON SAID. 'WE HAVE TO TALK TO AIRBUS ABOUT IT. WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT AND EACH SIDE HAS CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS. IF THERE IS A DELAY FROM THEIR SIDE THERE ARE PENALTIES WHICH THEY HAVE TO PAY, AND VICE VERSA IF THE DELAY IS FROM OUR SIDE.' THE MIDDLE EASTERN CARRIER HAS PLACED THE LARGEST SINGLE ORDER FOR THE NEW AIRLINER, PLANNING TO TAKE UP TO 43 AIRCRAFT. THE DOUBLE-DECKER PLANE IS DESIGNED TO CARRY 555-840 PASSENGERS. EMIRATES WAS SCHEDULED TO TAKE DELIVERY OF ITS FIRST A380 IN APRIL 2007, BUT THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN UNTIL OCTOBER 2007 AT THE EARLIEST AFTER THE EUROPEAN AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER TOLD CLIENTS ON TUESDAY THAT DELIVERIES WOULD BE DELAYED AGAIN BY SIX TO SEVEN MONTHS BECAUSE OF PRODUCTION PROBLEMS. IT WAS THE SECOND SUCH DELAY ANNOUNCED BY AIRBUS, WHICH IS 80 PCT OWNED BY THE EUROPEAN AERONAUTIC DEFENSE AND SPACE COMPANY AND 20 PCT BY BRITAIN'S BAE SYSTEMS. EMIRATES PRESIDENT TIM CLARK HAD SAID IN DECEMBER THAT A DELAY OF SIX TO 12 MONTHS WOULD POSE A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED COMPANY, BECAUSE IT WOULD SET BACK PLANS FOR THE CARRIER'S GROWTH. THE GOVERNMENT IS SINKING TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO ENLARGING THE EMIRATES FLEET, EXPANDING THE CITY STATE'S MAIN AIRPORT AND BUILDING ANOTHER ON DUBAI'S OUTSKIRTS IN JEBEL ALI. IN NOVEMBER 2005, EMIRATES ALSO ANNOUNCED A NEW ORDER OF 42 BOEING 777S AT A TOTAL COST OF 9.7 BLN USD. THE COMPANY IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S FASTEST GROWING AIRLINES. IT POSTED NET PROFITS OF 708 MLN USD FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2005 -- 49 PCT UP ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR. DUBAI IS FORECASTING THAT 76 MILLION PASSENGERS WILL TRAVEL THROUGH ITS AIRPORTS BY 2009 AND THAT TRAFFIC WILL GROW BY 14 TO 20 PCT A YEAR. IN 2005, 5.4 MLN TOURISTS VISITED DUBAI, AND THE AUTHORITIES AIM TO TRIPLE THIS NUMBER BY 2010
 
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11:09:28 EMIRATES SAYS AIRBUS WILL HAVE TO PAY PENALTIES ON DELAY OF A380 DELIVERIES...
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Potresti postare in minuscolo? Il maiuscolo è di difficile lettura...;)

Comunque con tutti questi ritardi di consegua e relative panali va a finire che un bel po degli A380 che deve ricevere Emirates glieli pagherà Airbus! :D
 
Singapore Airlines chiede compensazioni per i ritardi dell'A380

Singapore Airlines non ci sta e alla notizia di nuovi ritardi nella consegna degli A380 ordinati ritorna a chiedre ufficialmente compensazioni alla casa madre di Airbus. "Simao scontenti dei nuovi ritardi ma stiamo lavorando con Airbus per minimizzare l'impatto" dice un portavocedi Singapore Air. Londra-Sydney dovrebbe essere la prima rotta a ricevere l'aeromobile nella prima parte del 2007, dopo che Sia lo riceverà entro fine anno. I ritardi nelel cosnegne avverrebbero nel 2007

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Emirates: con noi l'A380 volerà non prima del gennaio 2008


Il più grande cliente del mondo per l'A380, ovvero la Emirates, ha fatto sapere che il nuovo ritardo nelle consegne dell'A380 non le permetterà di inserirlo nelproprio network prima del gennaio 2008. "Il nuovo ritardo di sei mesi farà sì che il primo A380 che prenderemo in flotta arriverà solo nell'ottobre 2007" ha detto un protavoce del vettore mediorientale , sottolineando come "proseguono le discussioni per limitare i problemi del nuovo ritardo". Emirates ha ordinato ben 43 di questo colosso dei cieli, dal costo di 300 mln di dollari a prezzo di listino

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Eads crolla in Borsa dopo i nuovi ritardi dell'A380

Le azioni del colosso aerospaziale europeo Eads crollano del 25% e vanno ai minimi da due anni, dopo l'annuncio da parte di Airbus di un ulteriore imbarazzante rinvio di sei mesi degli ordini di consegna del nuovo superjumbo A380. Il rinvio, legato a problemi industriali, costera' a Eads, la holding che controlla Airbus, almeno 2 miliardi di euro a partire dal 2007, proprio mentre la compagnia dovra' impegnarsi nell'oneroso acquisto della quota di Bae Systems. Si tratta del secondo rinvio del programma per gli A380 nel giro di sei mesi, che rischia ora di affondare, visto che gli ordini non hanno ancora coperto i costi di sviluppo del progetto di 12 miliardi di euro. Eads fa sapere che i costi del rinvio non riguarderanno il bilancio 2006, ma peseranno per 500 milioni di euro sui profitti operativi dal 2007 al 2010 e ridurranno di 1 miliardo di euro il cash flow del 2008. I problemi industriali che hanno causato il rinvio sono legati a un 'collo di bottiglia' nella definizione e costruzione degli impianti elettrici. Il rinvio comportera' per la societa' pesanti multe per centinaia di milioni di euro. Inoltre Eads ammette il rischio che alcune compagnie aeree potrebbero cancellare gli ordini e rivolgersi altrove. Finora Airbus ha ricevuto ordini per 159 A380 da 16 compagnie diverse e deve raggiungere almeno 300 ordini per coprire i costi del progetto. I problemi all'impianto elettrico degli A380 sono arrivati in un brutto momento per Airbus che e' impegnata nella progettazione del nuovo aereo a lungo raggio e a media capacitaà A350.

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DATE:14/06/06
SOURCE:Flight International
Launch customers 'unhappy' with Airbus A380 delay, EADS warns of €2bn lost earnings
By staff and agencies

Airbus parent company EADS issued a financial warning overnight, saying that its revision to the A380 production schedule will cost the company at least €2 billion ($2.5 billion) in lost earnings from 2007 to 2010. Key risk-sharing suppliers are also assessing the impact the announcement will have to their earnings forecasts as launch customers have expressed concern over delivery delays of up to seven months.

EADS’s warning stems from yesterday’s announcement that Airbus’s A380 delivery schedule will be revised again and pushed back a further seven months. Because of this, Airbus will still deliver one A380 this year, but only nine of the 20 planned for 2007 and as few as 26 aircraft in 2008 and 40 in 2009 before returning to schedule in 2010.

The warning led to shares in EADS dropping by more than 20% to just over €20 in early morning trading on the Paris bourse. The UK’s BAE Systems, which owns 20% of Airbus, also saw a small drop in share price, despite plans to sell the stake to EADS.

The delays in the programme are being attributed to certification concerns over bespoke configurations for the aircraft’s launch customers, and the resulting changes to electrical systems and harnesses.

EADS says this will lead to a €500 million a year drop in earnings in the period 2007- 2010, which covers “the shift of margin to later years, excess costs tied to the [unspecified] recovery action and the late delivery charges which are to be negotiated with customers,� but does not factor contract terminations.

Launch customers were contacted today by telephone and an action plan to tackle the set-back will be in place by mid-July, says Airbus.

Joint EADS chief executives Tom Enders and Noël Forgeard add: “We have a serious issue with the industrial ramp-up of the A380. We expect Airbus management to fully deliver according to the revised schedule and, if possible, even to improve. We will strongly support the recovery actions.�

Suppliers on the programme are also expected to issue revised sales forecasts in light of the new delay over the coming days as they are briefed by Airbus. Goodrich said yesterday it sees a slight dip in sales over the next two years, but said it would have a negligible impact on share earnings for this year and next. Goodrich reiterated its profit and revenue forecast for 2006.
Airbus president and chief executive Gustav Humbert insists there must be no further delays to the A380 programme having today shouldered initial feedback from disgruntled airline customers.

Humbert declines to comment on the late delivery charges Airbus will have to pay as a result of the delay, although he adds: “For sure, in every contract there are penalties.�

He says that none of the launch airlines have expressed an interest in cancelling an order, but delivery schedule changes could emerge in response to such requests.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) will take its first aircraft in late 2006 as planned, but all deliveries scheduled for 2007 will experience a six to seven month delay. SIA says it continuing to await word from Airbus on when exactly in December it will be able to take delivery of its first A380, following the news of fresh production delays.

SIA has 10 Rolls-Royce Trent 900-powered A380s on firm order. The Star Alliance carrier says the airline is “not happy� about the latest delays and has now been told the first aircraft will be delivered “sometime� in December. SIA adds: “We’re in discussions with Airbus about the implications of this delay and the consequences for the projected delivery positions we had bought.�

Meanwhile Australia’s Qantas Airways is to explore deferring the retirement of older aircraft and leasing aircraft on a temporary basis to help cope with the latest delays in the delivery of its first Airbus A380s.

The Oneworld alliance carrier says that it will hold talks with Airbus in the next two weeks after completing an internal review of the implications of the fresh delays. It has 12 A380s on firm order.

SIA is due to take delivery of the first four production A380s before Qantas and Emirates start taking their first aircraft. Qantas does not say when it now expects its first but it is thought that it will be around September 2007.
 
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KUALA LUMPUR (AFX) - MALAYSIA AIRLINES SAID IT IS REVIEWING THE TERMS OF ITS PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR SIX A380 JETS AFTER MANUFACTURER AIRBUS ADVISED ONLY NINE OF THE AIRCRAFT WOULD BE DELIVERED IN 2007. 'WE WERE ADVISED BY AIRBUS YESTERDAY THAT ONLY NINE OF THE A380 JETS WOULD BE DELIVERED IN 2007 TO ITS LAUNCH CUSTOMERS,' MALAYSIA AIRLINES SAID IN A STATEMENT. 'IN VIEW OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, MALAYSIA AIRLINES AND PMB ARE REVIEWING THE TERMS OF THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT TO DECIDE ON THE NEXT STEPS,' THE NATIONAL CARRIER SAID, REFERRING TO ITS PARENT COMPANY PENERBANGAN MALAYSIA BERHAD. WHEN ASKED IF THE STATEMENT MEANT THAT MALAYSIA AIRLINES WAS CONSIDERING TAKING LEGAL ACTION, A SPOKESMAN SAID 'IT MEANS THE AGREEMENT HAS TO BE SCRUTINISED FOR OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE UNDER SUCH EVENTUALITY'. AIRBUS TOLD CLIENTS YESTERDAY THAT DELIVERY OF THE A380, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO CARRY 555-840 PASSENGERS, WOULD BE DELAYED BY AN ADDITIONAL SIX TO SEVEN MONTHS BECAUSE OF PRODUCTION PROBLEMS. AIRBUS COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR JOHN LEAHY SAID THE PROBLEM LAY WITH THE MANUFACTURE AND INSTALLATION OF WIRING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SECTIONS OF THE FUSELAGE, ADDING THAT 'THERE WILL BE LATE FEES PAID TO CLIENTS'. NEWSDESK@AFXNEWS.
 
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EADS, the beleaguered parent of Airbus, which last week announced yet another delay to the rollout of its flagship airplane, the super-jumbo A380, faces costs of more than €8.1bn (£5.5bn) in fines, lost revenues and other payments, The Independent on Sunday can reveal.

their math though includes

- 5.8 bn euro for the BAE holding
- 350 million euro for the fines (they get that number from a Credit Suisse estimate)
- and 2 bn euro from loss profit btwn 2007-2010




su anet si riporta anche che quei 5.8 miliardi per bae non hanno nulla a che fare con il 380..restano comunque più di due miliardi... !!!!
 
ILFC considers $3 billion A380 cancellation as pressure on Airbus mounts
Wednesday June 21, 2006

International Lease Finance Corp. signaled yesterday that it may cancel its order for 10 A380s and could do so without penalty because of the program's delays.Chairman and CEO Steven Udvar-Hazy told Bloomberg News that ILFC "could cancel and are considering canceling" an order valued at $3 billion. "We are not happy and on safe ground to cancel the order," he said.

Airbus announced further delays in the A380 program last week, saying backups in aircraft wiring installations would push deliveries back 6-7 months (ATWOnline, June 14). That marked the second delay in the program, and Udvar-Hazy said ILFC's 10 aircraft now will be delayed by 12-14 months. He claimed the order contract allows the leasing company to cancel without penalty if A380s are delivered more than six months late.

Airbus spokesperson Mary Anne Greczyn said that "any particulars on penalties are confidential to individual contracts" and the manufacturer cannot comment further on specific orders. "Our customers have a right to voice concerns over the current situation, and frankly, we expect them to," she said. "Though none of our customers are speaking in a vacuum. Airbus is listening, and we are doing and will continue to do all we can to minimize the discomfort for all parties involved."

Udvar-Hazy caused a stir in March when he publicly advocated that Airbus redesign the A350 (ATWOnline, March 30), of which ILFC ordered 12. Airbus has said it is considering a redesign and will unveil any changes by the Farnborough Airshow that begins July 17. The ILFC CEO told Bloomberg yesterday that unless Airbus is able to "fix" the design problems by the show, "we've got serious problems about taking the A350."

Airbus and parent EADS have been trying to temper a growing crisis since announcing the latest A380 delay last week. The French General Assembly's regular session yesterday erupted into in an angry shouting match and was suspended abruptly when Airbus's troubles were debated. The French government has a 15% stake in EADS, whose executives, particularly co-CEO Noel Forgeard, have come under intense pressure to explain the delays and the timing of their public disclosure.

by Aaron Karp

http://www.atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=5460
 
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