Airbus is preparing its customers about a further delay to the Airbus 380 the London Times reports. The Times reports that Airbus is still having trouble with fitting the aircraft with the 311 miles of cabling it requires. For the last two years, Airbus has been rewiring 26 A380s that had cables installed incorrectly.
Boeing, which has seen its share of troubles lately on its 787 Dreamliner, announced this week that it should be able to hold to its revised April schedule.
The only possible monkey wrench is that Boeing's two largest unions, the International Association of Machinists' Seattle-based District 751 and the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace are threatening to strike in September and December respectively. According to one report, the unions see that they have leverage over Boeing given the 787 delays, as well as the major future revenue the 787 promises.
Should be an interesting autumn for both Airbus and Boeing.
