Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier, speaks during the annual press conference for commercial results in Toulouse, southwestern France, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. Airbus says it delivered a record 588 aircraft last year, while taking in gross order for 914 new jets, is well above its earlier forecasts. A model of an Airbus 320 in the foreground. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier, speaks during the annual press conference for commercial results in Toulouse, southwestern France, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. Airbus says it delivered a record 588 aircraft last year, while taking in gross order for 914 new jets, is well above its earlier forecasts. A model of an Airbus 320 in the foreground. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
By GREG KELLER and CARLO PIOVANO
Associated Press /
January 17, 2013
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Airbus’ fortunes have been mixed in recent years. Until 2012 it was selling more planes than Boeing but it has also run into more technical problems, notably with the A380. It sold only nine of those superjumbos last year.
Looking ahead, chief salesman John Leahy pledged he'd get at least 25 orders for the massive A380 jets this year and expects to deliver 25. Airbus sold only nine and delivered 30 last year.
Bregier said the cause of the technical problems affecting the A380 had been found and a solution was being put in place for the nine airlines currently flying the giant aircraft.
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Carlo Piovano reported from London.
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