SAM is building a new plant on a four-acre site in Bukit Minyak to produce nacelle beams for the new Airbus A320neo aircraft. There are also another 121 A380 aircraft to be delivered over the next four years,” he adds. “Of this amount, there are 5,494 A320 aircraft and 4,321 Boeing aircraft to be delivered over a long period,” he says. It was reported in Nikkei Asian Review that Boeing would cut production for Boeing 777 if orders remain low. Airbus has announced in July that it would reduce annual A380 production from last year’s 27 units to 12 by 2018.

Source: The Star December 02, 2016 23:13 UTC