Airbus signs deal to sell 3 superjumbo to Japanese air: Report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - European aircraft manufacturer Airbus signs deal to sell three A380 superjumbo to ANA, Japan’s largest airline, in a deal valued at 1.25 billion dollars, the Nikkei said.

The planes should start operating in fiscal year 2018 on routes to Hawaii and other destinations, the newspaper said.
Ordered Airbus A380 decreased in recent years, reflecting a change in the industry to smaller aircraft, with two engines, which cost less to fly than the four-engine jumbo jets that can carry up to 525 passengers.

In November, Boeing said it had recorded two orders for the jumbo 747-8, ending what seemed to be a second year without new purchases of the four-engine plane.

Airbus’s efforts to sell the A380 suffered a blow in 2014 when the company canceled a $ 2 billion contract with Japan’s Skymark to six superjumbo after airline’s difficulties to raise funds to pay the installments.

On Wednesday, Airbus postponed delivery of its first A320neo in early 2016, missing the deadline for submission of their improved version of the plane to a customer at the end of 2015.