Airbus: the successor to the A320 will not happen before 2030 – Boursorama

An Airbus A320neo off during a test flight in 2014 in Blagnac, near Toulouse (AFP / File / Eric Cabanis)

The successor to the A320 will not arrive until 2030 and by then, innovation in aviation will incrementally, said the boss of Airbus Fabrice Brégier Echos.

“So far, innovation happening with the launch of a new aircraft,” Mr Bregier said in an interview to the newspaper.

“But the successor to the A320 will not happen before 2030 because we will take time to develop the necessary breakthrough technologies, “he continued.

” By then we will therefore continue innovation incrementally on existing platforms “like the A320neo and A330neo, the remotorisées versions of these devices.

” This is what we will continue to longer term with the A380 and the A350, “he continued.

As such, he felt that would arise term” the question of improving the A380 performance playing on the aerodynamics and engine. “

” But we will only do that when the conditions of a good business plan + + are met. This is not currently the case and we do not intend to invest funds lost, “he said.

He said:” The A380 is a superb aircraft works well “but has” probably was launched ten years too early. “

Fabrice Bregier also insisted on the” very high security level “of air transport and said that” we must guard Simple solutions such as automatic plane. Although the majority of aircraft accidents involves an element of human factors, we also know that a lot of accidents were avoided by the pilots, “he said.

Finally, decline of the euro will have no immediate effect on Airbus accounts due to exchange rate hedges, has he said, repeating that “potentially, every movement of 10 cents in the Euro exchange rate / dollar has an impact of one billion euros “on the outcome of Airbus.

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