Airbus Parent to Probe Production Delays

Airbus parent company EADS will launch a probe into the latest delays of the super-jumbo A380 jetliner, its co-chairman said in an interview, amid mounting questions about the company’s management and stock sales this year.

Arnaud Lagardere, co-chair of European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co., said he had no knowledge of the production problems with the A380 -- the world’s biggest passenger plane -- until Airbus made an announcement Tuesday, according to the newspaper Le Monde.