A380 and A400M rate cuts affect up to 3,700 staff

A380 and A400M rate cuts affect up to 3,700 staff

Airbus estimates that its proposed reduction in A380 and A400M production rates will affect up to 3,700 personnel across its four home nations.

The airframer is planning to reduce output of the A380 to just six aircraft annually from 2020, while that for the A400M will be set at eight aircraft.

Airbus has presented the planned cuts to the European Works Council.

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/a380-and-a400m-rate-cuts-affect-up-to-3700-staff-446553/

Airbus to slash A400M assembly rate

Airbus is to dramatically slow its final assembly rate for the A400M tactical transport from a high of 19 achieved in 2017 to only eight per year from 2020, the company confirms.

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/airbus-to-slash-a400m-assembly-rate-446551/

Airbus warns of 3,700 jobs at risk – BBC News

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43321712