Aircraft
Airbus Banks On A380 Sales Recovery
As Airbus’s new CEO, Fabrice Bregier presided over the European airframer’s annual start-of-year press conference for the first time on January 17.
As Airbus’s new CEO, Fabrice Bregier presided over the European airframer’s annual start-of-year press conference for the first time on January 17.

Airbus has raised its sales target for 2013 to 700 airliners after surpassing its target of 650 for last year with gross orders for 914 airplanes and a net order count of 833 after cancellations. But the European airframer has acknowledged that it is especially eager to get sales of its A380 widebody back on track after logging orders for only nine of the superjumbos in 2012.