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Airbus studying increase in A350 output - CEO

PARIS, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Airbus expects to decide this year whether to increase output of the A350 jet, together with plans already under examination to increase single-aisle output to 70 planes a month from the planned rate of 60, said Chief Executive Tom Enders.

Enders also said he expects that Bombardier (Toronto: BBD-A.TO - news) will start delivering CSeries jets to Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL - news) "very soon" after Bombardier won a trade ruling against Boeing (NYSE: BA - news) .

Airbus has agreed to buy majority control of the loss-making jet programme from Bombardier, and plans to assemble U.S.-bound CSeries jets at its plant in Alabama in future.

These plans are unaffected, Enders told a news conference in Toulouse on Thursday. (Reporting by Tim Hepher Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)