Une chose est sûre, Airbus ne veut pas reproduire les mêmes erreurs que Boeing pour l'Airbus A350XWB. C'est ainsi que je comprends le message Louis Welsh, during the presentation of his vows to the press, which I quote: " these subsidiaries will remain in the group in 2011 because they go to composite technology and thus they play a decisive role in the program Airbus A350 .
The stakes are high for Airbus because many analysts already predict that the Airbus A350 XWB will experience the same troubles as the Boeing 787 and do not expect to see delivered by Airbus in 2013.
For my part, I'm much more optimistic. Admittedly, I do not think the production is to go in 2013 but I think that the Airbus A350 will be delivered to many end of year 2013 to its first customer.
One thing is sure, the learning curve of Airbus is at its maximum and the curve has strongly Chagrin rival Boeing, which has him, wiped the plaster to be a pioneer in this field.
other hand, Airbus has been found that control of the composite had to be stored internally, one reason for the delay in recurrence of the Boeing 787.
Airbus has made a strategic decision rather than an industrial and financial decision is a major change that will, I doubt not, a key to the success of A50XWB.
One thing is sure for me. Airbus won't make the same mistakes for its A350XWB as Boeing did for its 787 Dreamliner programme. And this is the way I've understood the message from Louis Gallois, CEO of EADS when he said, for Aerolia and Premium Aerotech, that, and I quote: " these subsidiaries will remain within the Group in 2011 as they master composite technologies and therefore, they are playing a major role for the A350 programme ".
The stakes are high for Airbus as a number of analysts have already predicted that the Airbus A350XWB will experience the same challenges and delays as the Boeing 787 and therefore, they don't expect Airbus to deliver it in 2013 as planned.
My point of view is different and I'm much more optimistic. I definitely think that Airbus will deliver its A350XWB at the end of 2013 to its first customer. However, I think the ramp up phase for manufacturing will take a little bit more time than planned.
One thing is sure. The learning curve of Airbus is at its maximum and this learing curve benefits strongly to Airbus from troubles experienced by Boeing.
Airbus has learned a lot from Boeing mainly from the decision taken to outsource the composite technology to suppliers. And for that reason, Airbus will not sale Aerolia and Premium Aerotec as planned initially in 2011.
Airbus has made a Strategic Industrial decision compared to a financial decision and this is a major change that will be, I haven't any doubt, a key to The Success Of The A350 XWB.