The A380 passenger jet was meant to take Airbus to new heights of success. Instead, the problems experienced by the new super-jumbo are dragging the European consortium down. This week Airbus announced a delay of up to seven months for deliveries of the huge 555-seat airliner, which is set to enter service next year. In response, the value of shares in eads, Airbus's parent company, fell by 26% on a single day, June 14th, wiping ?5.5 billion ($6.9 billion) off the value of the firm.
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