Safran Landing Gear Unit Poised to Benefit From Widebody Demand
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Safran SA’s Messier-Dowty unit, the world’s biggest maker of landing-gear, has positioned itself to benefit from demand for widebody planes, which it expects will grow faster in the next five years than sales of other aircraft, said the division’s chief.
Widebody production will pick up “significantly” between now and 2015, even as demand for single aisle-planes is still growing, with both Airbus SAS and Boeing Co. increasing output, said Messier-Dowty Chief Executive Officer Pascal Senechal. Messier-Dowty has relied mainly on Airbus to buy its landing gear in past decades, with A320 narrowbodies taking more than 4,500 sets to date.