On the up?

Emirates order a big boost for struggling A380

Airbus’s forthright COO Customers, John Leahy, has confidently predicted he can raise the order backlog for the slow selling A380 by 20 sales by the end of 2010.

Speaking to media at the company’s annual Innovation Days briefings at Broughton in north Wales, Leahy said he had initially expected 10 new orders for the A380 this year, but had revised that number up to 20 sales. Just where these orders would come from he would not confirmed, but he did hint to look towards the Asian region.