EADS Acknowledges A350XWB Slip

By Robert Wall wall@aviationweek.com
LONDON

EADS is acknowledging a long-expected delay in the A350XWB in-service date, although it still hopes to hand the first aircraft to customers in 2013.

In its third quarter results, the company says the A350XWB entry into service is now planned in for the second half of 2013. Previously, the company had variously said it was mid-2013 or, as EADS CEO Louis Gallois put it first ...

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