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By the Leeham News Team

Sept. 22, 2025, © Leeham News:  In Part 5 of this series, we described the efforts to improve Airbus' present production, and what the learnings were from changes in the FAL setup.

Airbus A220 production line in Montreal, when it was still Bombardier. Airbus is revamping the process to become more efficient and reduce costs. Credit: Leeham News.

We also described how Airbus has learned to refocus on the production mechanic, as he/she is finally the enabler and problem solver in a complicated system.

For the next generation aircraft that will replace today’s single aisle A320/A321 there are special challenges that are forcing Airbus to change the way that the aircraft are produced.