China needs time to warm to A380 -Airbus China pres

Intellasia Thursday 7th April, 2011

Chinese airlines will need some time before they start to warm to the Airbus (EAD.PA) A380 super jumbo, Airbus's China head said on Thursday. "Chinese airlines historically have not been very enthusiastic about buying a product early in the programme," Laurence Barron, president of Airbus China, told an aviation conference on Thursday. "It will take some time for the Chinese airlines to really understand what a great aircraft it is," he said of the A380. Barron said he saw an impact on airlines from the introduction of high-speed railway lines in China, especially on the Beijing to Shanghai route. A high-speed train linking the two major Chinese cities is set to start operating in June.

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