Airbus admits it: A380 to miss another deadline=20 After a week of speculation, it=E2=80=99s official: Airbus=E2=80=99 A380 su= perjumbo jet will face another production delay, company officials confirme= d today. CNN Money/Dow Jones reports that Airbus' parent company "on Thursd= ay disclosed that its A380 super-jumbo program would be further delayed bec= ause of continuing wiring issues."=20 How long? Dow Jones writes that Airbus officials say "it's too early to gau= ge the financial impact of the latest setbacks or to set a new delivery sch= edule for the aircraft." And even the announcement of the latest delay appa= rently didn't go off as planned. Reuters writes that "there was initial con= fusion over the announcement because (Airbus parent company) EADS erroneous= ly re-issued the June profit warning at the same time as sending news agenc= ies the bona fide new release" about the A380 schedule adjustment.=20 Though none of the A380=E2=80=99s initial customers were quoted in either t= he Reuters or the CNN Money story, several airlines affected by the delays = have already voiced their displeasure with the Airbus schedule gaffes. And = Singapore Airlines -=E2=80=93 a top early customer for the A380 -=E2=80=93 = has apparently changed one of its promotion tag lines from "First to fly th= e A380 in 2006" to simply "First to fly the A380." =20 =20 View our videos at: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=3Dewrw4co =20 Roger & Amanda La France