Plane producers reminiscent of Airbus have been plagued with issues through the COVID-19 pandemic, together with supply chain issues and manpower shortages.
To ship the aircrafts to purchasers, Airbus is growing its manufacturing capabilities, stated Mr Stanley.
The primary produced 735 plane final yr, and is planning on “considerably going past that” this yr.
“As we’re in a ramp-up to satisfy demand, the provision chain additionally must ramp as much as meet the demand,” famous Mr Stanley, including that the agency is working straight and carefully with suppliers to satisfy the orders.
SUSTAINABILITY FOCUS
Airbus goals to provide the world’s first hydrogen-powered business plane by 2035.
“We’re totally dedicated to bringing a hydrogen-fueled plane by 2035. It is coming alongside very nicely. We’re doing a number of work on it yr over yr,” stated Mr Stanley.
“We’re taking a look at a number of completely different prototypes and vectors for that plane, whether or not it’s combustion, which suggests we burn the hydrogen, or it is gas cell based mostly.”
