Report of
Streiff speech, including:-
A380
First things first: An A380 production and delivery schedule our customers can count on. I will cut straight to the chase. As we have informed our A380 customers over the past few days:
· The first A380 will be delivered to Singapore in October 2007.
· In 2008 we will deliver 13 A380s (to Singapore, Qantas and Emirates)
· In 2009, 25 A380s will leave the Final Assembly Line
· The industrial ramp-up will really be achieved 2010, when we shall deliver 45 A380s, including the first freighters.
This means another delay of over one year on average. It is very disappointing that we find ourselves in this situation, but we need to be realistic with ourselves and our customers. It is the most reliable schedule we can deliver today following our in-depth review of the A380 programme.
Which presumably means no airline service until about Christmas 2007?