A quanto pare Finmeccanica potrebbe tirarsi fuori dalla joint venture con Sukhoi.
http://www.livemint.com/Companies/D...uperjet-pact-must-be-restructured-or-end.html
London: Finmeccanica SpA said its Superjet joint venture with Russia’s Sukhoi must be restructured or abandoned, calling the current arrangement unsatisfactory.
“We have to consider a potentially different collaboration with our Russian partners,” Finmeccanica chief executive officer Alessandro Pansa told journalists at the Paris Air Show, adding that he’d rather modify the pact than scrap it.
The venture, which builds the Superjet 100 regional airliner, has struggled with quality and production issues. The first aircraft for a western customer—Mexico’s Interjet—is due for delivery this week.
Finmeccanica may walk away from the partnership even at the cost of losses if Sukhoi parent United Aircraft Corp. doesn’t agree to changes, Pansa said. The move comes as the CEO is trying to restructure the heavily indebted Italian company to deliver sustainable profits.
The two companies manage the project through separate joint ventures with one in charge of building the planes and the other for sup
port.
“What we are trying to do is have a more integrated approach between the Russian and the Italian teams,” said Giuseppe Giordo, CEO of the Alenia Aermacchi unit involved on the Italian side.
Pansa said commercial aircraft-building remains a core activity for Finmeccanica amid a strategic review of the business. He said he would support a move by ATR, the turboprop joint venture with European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co., to build a larger, 90-seat model. Bloomberg
http://www.livemint.com/Companies/D...uperjet-pact-must-be-restructured-or-end.html
London: Finmeccanica SpA said its Superjet joint venture with Russia’s Sukhoi must be restructured or abandoned, calling the current arrangement unsatisfactory.
“We have to consider a potentially different collaboration with our Russian partners,” Finmeccanica chief executive officer Alessandro Pansa told journalists at the Paris Air Show, adding that he’d rather modify the pact than scrap it.
The venture, which builds the Superjet 100 regional airliner, has struggled with quality and production issues. The first aircraft for a western customer—Mexico’s Interjet—is due for delivery this week.
Finmeccanica may walk away from the partnership even at the cost of losses if Sukhoi parent United Aircraft Corp. doesn’t agree to changes, Pansa said. The move comes as the CEO is trying to restructure the heavily indebted Italian company to deliver sustainable profits.
The two companies manage the project through separate joint ventures with one in charge of building the planes and the other for sup
port.
“What we are trying to do is have a more integrated approach between the Russian and the Italian teams,” said Giuseppe Giordo, CEO of the Alenia Aermacchi unit involved on the Italian side.
Pansa said commercial aircraft-building remains a core activity for Finmeccanica amid a strategic review of the business. He said he would support a move by ATR, the turboprop joint venture with European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co., to build a larger, 90-seat model. Bloomberg
