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Airbus considering delaying A350 production ramp-up

06.04.2022 – 12:25 UTC

Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) is considering delaying its previously announced ramp-up in A350 production from five to six units per month until late 2023 amidst an ongoing dispute with Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) coupled with the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Bloomberg has reported, citing internal sources.

The European manufacturer originally planned to increase its A350 roll out rate in late 2022 but later deferred that to early 2023.

In a statement to Reuters, Airbus said it continued “to expect to increase the A350 production rate from around five per month to around six in early 2023”.

The ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows Airbus currently has orders for 325 A350-900s and 100 A350-1000s. The type’s freighter variant has yet to be listed.

The current aeropolitical situation has cast doubt over a significant portion of the A350 backlog, including but not limited to:

Putin signs decree converting lease payments to rubles

06.04.2022 – 01:21 UTC

Russian President Vladimir Putin has personally signed a decree temporarily converting contracts under “financial obligations in the transport sphere for certain foreign creditors” in “unfriendly” countries, so that Russian airlines will be able to transfer aircraft lease payments to them in rubles.

The document, posted on the government’s website for legal information on April 1, concerns all obligations “for the acquisition, rent, and lease of aircraft, auxiliary power units, and aircraft engines to foreign creditors that are entities associated with foreign states committing unfriendly actions in relation to the Russian Federation.”

The decree, which entered into force from the day of its publication, dictates that such payments can now be made by “the debtor transferring to an account of a resident company opened with a Russian credit institution” the funds in rubles equivalent to the sum in foreign currency calculated at the rate set by Russia’s central bank on the day of the transfer.

Moscow has said it will implement similar norms for gas exports to unfriendly countries.

The document also said it gives the…



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