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Introduction

With the end of the year a mere five weeks away, Airbus appears to have made little progress in closing its production gap for the A330.

Summary

• Airbus still has a gap of approaching 150 production slots at current and announced rates between now and the planned EIS of the A330neo in December 2017.

• Launch of A330neo helps, but does not cure production gap--especially between now and 2018.
• No Chinese order for A330 Regional after more than a year.
• AirAsiaX deferring orders--and will some CEO orders be swapped for the NEO?