Airbus forecasts 20 A380 sales in 2010

摘要

Despite admitting that Boeing has outsold Airbus so far in 2010, John Leahy, the European manufacturer's chief operating officer customers, is upbeat about sales prospects for the rest of the year.rnIn a briefing on May 11 at the company's wing production facility at Broughton in the UK, he indicated that Airbus had a 33% share of the 201 orders announced so far this year by the two rivals. However, as evidence of more positive trends in the first part of the year, he pointed to significant milestones such as the delivery of Airbus's 6,000th aircraft and firm orders for the A350 XWB from United, the third US carrier to order the type.