That doesn't sound like a well thought out and well engineered airplane. It sounds like a committee of desperate salesmen telling Airbus "this thing's not selling and we need to cut weight now". I'll be surprised if they're not paying airlines to take them to get some orders on the books.
"Eight tonne weight reduction." Were'd 18,000 pounds go ?
They're loaning these guys $250 million. They have $250 million to loan out but they need to borrow money for the a350.
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