Airbus Said to Drop Skymark?s A380 Order on Cash Shortage - Bloomberg
Airbus Group (AIR) NV has agreed to drop an order for six A380 superjumbos from Japan’s Skymark Airlines Inc. (9204), said people familiar with the decision, in a blow to the program that’s struggled to keep customers....
Losing the Skymark order extends a drought for the A380, which has failed to attract a new airline customer in two years and came away with no new business this month at the Farnborough Air Show, typically a forum for deals. Airbus’s most loyal buyer for the aircraft is Emirates, with 50 in service and a total of 140 on order, almost half the backlog.