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Extra costs foreseen for Airbus A-380 may not have been realistic

Toulose, France - Charles Champion (the program's Chief Engineer) announced

Extra costs foreseen in order to develop Airbus A-380 announced recently may not have been realistic: Charles Champion (the program's Chief Engineer) announced in a statement published on Wall Street Journal's pages. Eads, which major owns Airbus, had announced this month that the cost to develop the Airbus' double-decker aircraft, even greater than Boeing B-747 jumbo, could have been as much as EUR...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 110529
Rome, Italy, 12/23/2004 16:29
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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