Airbus will have to scrap A380 programme if no new orders: Sales chief

Airbus will have no other choice but to halt the A380 programme if Dubai's Emirates airline does not place another order.

The logo of Airbus Group is seen on the company's headquarters building in Toulouse, Southwestern France. (File | Reuters)

PARIS: Airbus will have no other choice but to halt the A380 programme if Dubai's Emirates airline does not place another order, the European aerospace giant's sales director, John Leahy, told a news conference today.

Orders from Emirates, the main customer of the supersize aircraft, have stalled over the past two years. (AFP) KIS .