John Leahy, Airbus

  • John Leahy, Airbus

    "2011 was a record [order] year for us, we expected Boeing would come back in 2012. So when you add the two together, Airbus is in the lead."

  • John Leahy, Airbus

    "We had a better mousetrap, but we just had to convince people. Back then, some US airlines still hadn’t even heard of Airbus. In the mid-1980s, it wasn’t easy even getting in the door to talk to people."

  • John Leahy, Airbus

    "The Airbus/Boeing duopoly will be stable for at least 10 years. In 20 years, it clearly will not. If they’ve [China] got the technology to put a man in space, then they can have a commercial aircraft industry."

  • John Leahy, Airbus

    "There’s no doubt if we do a stretch we’d double our order book. Almost everybody who’s already got an A380 would buy it. Just like everyone who had [Boeing] 747-200s got -400s."

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