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A380 repairs to cost €263mn

17 May 2012

Fixing 71 A380s has caused production rates to fall from 2.7 to 2.3 aircraft per month.

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Repairs to the A380 will cost Airbus a further €158 million ($200.6 million) , increasing the total cost to €263 million, according to the manufacturer’s parent EADS’s Q1 results.


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“At the current pricing it will become attractive again to issue Ex-Im-guaranteed bonds. This will help stabilize and drive pricing down from where it is now.”

Kostya Zolotusky, managing director, capital markets, Boeing Capital, says about the price of export credit.


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