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Leahy to bow out from Airbus at year-end after final sales push


Leahy to bow out from Airbus at year-end after final sales pushJohn Leahy, who has sold planes worth over a trillion dollars during more than two decades as sales chief at Europe's Airbus, is finally calling it a day at the end of the year after one last push to level the score with Boeing, executives said. The 67-year-old New Yorker, who hinted earlier this year he would retire in the autumn to make way for his deputy Kiran Rao, is once again in battle mode as Airbus faces an aggressive new sales drive from its U.S. rival. Chief Executive Tom Enders disclosed the timing of Leahy's departure during a recent internal sales meeting, but has not publicly confirmed details of the transition.





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