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Old 22nd Jun 2018, 10:09
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Alan Baker
 
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Good luck to Airbus in setting up and bringing on stream a new, duplicate, wing building facility elsewhere between now and next March. They cannot transfer equipment or personnel from the existing operation as they need to maintain full production to meet their delivery schedules. As for setting up in the US or China, that seems to be a gamble as they don't know what the tariff situation may be in future (especially the US!). An operation in the EU would see protracted squabbling between France, Germany and Spain over where it was to be located before any work started! You can bet that there will be pressure from Airbus on EU governments to do a deal as they do not want this unnecessary expense, as there will be from companies like Ford whose biggest market in Europe is the UK, but who do not build a single vehicle in the UK.
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