Airbus looks past supplier woes to future output hike

Airbus has begun studying the feasibility of increasing production later this decade to keep up with anticipated demand, even as it keeps a check on short-term output plans due to worries over its suppliers, a senior company executive said.

The European planemaker is in the midst of lifting production of its best-selling A320 single-aisle airplanes to a record 42 a month, even as the aerospace industry adjusts to demands for fuel savings by revamping its most popular models.

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