Airbus Set To Finalize Japanese A380 Order

By Michael A. Taverna

Airbus is poised to sign off on a new order for the A380 super jumbo with Skymark Airlines, a Japanese low-cost carrier, its top salesman, John Leahy, said Feb. 16 in Paris.

Speaking to a gathering of reporters sponsored by French aerospace journalists' association AJPAE, Leahy, Airbus’s chief operating officer for customers, said a purchase order would be signed shortly—perhaps as early as today ...

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