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Airbus SE is weighing a further delay in its production plan for A350 widebody jets after sanctions on Russia weakened the outlook for deliveries, according to people familiar with the matter.
A goal of building six A350s a month by early 2023, which had been reiterated as recently as February, may now slide to the end of that year, said the people, who asked not to be named because the plans haven’t been set. The ramp-up had already been slowed by six months, with Airbus originally aiming to start accelerating from the current five planes a month this fall.
Airbus continues to expect to increase the A350 production rate to about six in 2023, according to a spokesman — removing the “early 2023†guidance.
Airbus had already been contending with a slower return of long-haul travel when the Russian invasion of Ukraine dealt another blow to demand for large aircraft.