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Old 19th Jun 2021, 10:53
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Saintsman
 
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Originally Posted by RAFEngO74to09

The problem for Airbus is going to be the conversion rate they can achieve - which is currently 5 aircraft per year.

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If there is an order for up to 160, they don't need to convert the aircraft, they can build them from scratch. That would be a cheaper option too.
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