Davos , Switzerland ( CNN ) -- The head of Airbus says the European aviation giant will take care to learn from its own mistakes -- and rival Boeing 's -- ahead of the launch of its new widebody A350 aircraft . Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos Thursday , Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier told CNN 's Richard Quest that teething problems with the company 's own A380 superjumbo -- which suffered from cracks in brackets inside the wings -- had proven instructive . `` We drew all the possible lessons from the A380 , '' he said . `` Sometimes we went too far on outsourcing work . We need to make sure we control the architecture of the aircraft so as to have the safest and best aircraft . '' Successful development of new aircraft required `` full transparency from our team , '' he said . `` We also need to control some functions . '' Airbus ' A380 headaches have been overshadowed in recent times by main rival Boeing 's troubled launch of its 787 Dreamliner . All 50 Dreamliners in service around the world were grounded earlier this month after advanced lithium ion batteries on two planes ignited , prompting a Federal Aviation Administration investigation . Read more : How Boeing can bounce back from Dreamliner problems . Like the Dreamliner , the A350 will be Airbus 's first model to have its fuselage and wings primarily made of lightweight composite materials , and will also use lithium ion batteries , although from a different supplier . Bregier said the A350 's design would be `` a very robust one , '' which would take into account any potential lessons to be learned from the Dreamliner 's problems . `` If by chance there is a decision regarding the 787 which would impact us , we would of course embark on that . And we have plenty of time , '' he said . The A350 is scheduled to make its first flight in mid- 2013 , with deliveries due to customers the following year .
Boeing CEO Dreamliner says the company has learned from the troubled Davos launch . It will take on board any lessons to be learned from Airbus 's Fabrice Bregier problems too . Past mistakes have included outsourcing too much work to other companies , he said .