Dubai-based airline Emirates will be "very disappointed" if Airbus fails to deliver its order of A380's on schedule, but does not expect any delay, its chief told ArabianBusiness.com on Wednesday.
European aircraft maker Airbus said on Tuesday the company was carrying out a major review of delivery targets for the A380 superjumbo and might meet them, raising the possibility of further delays.
"We are very confident they will be delivered, [but] we will be very disappointed if they do not deliver," Chairman and CEO Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum said on the sidelines of a press conference announcing Emirates 2007/08 financial results.
Emirates President Tim Clark told reporters on Tuesday he was confident of taking delivery of four A380s by the end of this year and another by next March. Airbus' targets called for 13 deliveries of the world's biggest passenger aircraft in 2008.
Emirates' first flight using the A380 is expected to be on October 1 from Dubai to New York. The airline will initially use the superjumbo on its New York, London and Sydney-Auckland services.
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