FILTON, England : Airbus is stepping up testing of radical new wing technology as the planemaker lays the foundation for a future successor to its best-selling A320 series, but faces a battle to bring down costs.British Industry Minister Nusrat Ghani inaugurated a wing technology plant in southwest Englan
FILTON, England : Airbus is stepping up testing of radical new wing technology as the planemaker lays the foundation for a future successor to its best-selling A320 series, but faces a battle to bring down costs.
The opening comes as Boeing researches an elongated, ultra-light concept called Transonic Truss-Braced Wings. Officially, the research could benefit any project, but all eyes are on a successor to the single-aisle A320, which Airbus has said could be introduced between 2035 and 2040. Currently, the best-selling A320/321 and competing Boeing 737 are made of aluminium, but designers believe composites will allow future wings to be tapered in efficient new ways.
Currently, aerospace composites are cured in pressurised ovens called autoclaves, which devour space and energy.So far only a new Russian jet has fully used that method for wings, but adapting it to Airbus or Boeing volumes would require significant investment and progress on costs, analysts say. Partridge declined to say when Airbus would choose between dozens of technologies it is testing but said it would be ready for any business decision on a new programme. Analysts say work on a 2035 model would have to be launched by 2027-28.
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