Airbus says it expects to decide sooner rather than later whether to expand production capacity for its A350 widebody family. Lars Wagner, chief executive of the company’s commercial aircraft division, said at a briefing in Toulouse on October 14, 2026, that increasing the A350 rate was inevitable because the market was demanding more aircraft. He also said the investment decision would need to go to the Airbus board of directors. No board approval, final investment decision, new production rate or implementation timetable has been announced in the material available here.
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