Airbus pitches A380 after Emirates snub

[TOULOUSE] A day after its biggest order cancellation ever, Airbus is back out pitching for new customers.

The planemaker was showing its Airbus A380 flagship to analysts and investors in New York yesterday, including a promotional flight over the city, with the goal of enticing US airlines that so far have shunned the world's biggest commercial jet.

Joining Airbus is Mark Lapidus, a Russian-born financier who wants to lease 20 A380s to airlines. The number of customers he has won since his pledge last year to buy the plane: zero.