Airbus Launches Corporate Jet Sales In Miami

(CBS4/AP) MIAMI Testing the North American appetite for ultra-exclusive business travel, Airbus has opened a corporate jetliner sales showroom in Miami, revving up marketing to those who have $45 million or more to spend on a spacious, luxurious airplane.

Located within its Airbus training center near Miami International Airport, the facility offers prospective customers the chance to sit in a fully equipped mock-up of the plane, which it lauds as being twice the width of traditional corporate jets, offering three times the cabin volume.

"It's a major push for Airbus to launch sales of our aircraft in the North American market," said Derek Davies, sales and marketing director of executive and private aviation for Airbus North America. The corporate jet center is Airbus' first in the United States.

Even before the Miami showroom opened, the aircraft manufacturer
nabbed its first U.S. customer: Phillip Frost, former chief executive of Miami-based IVAX, whose shares were worth $1.1 billion when the company was sold to Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in January.

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Curious, has this customer been announced before by Airbus, or is this one of the undisclosed ACJ customers?

For Airbus this is certainly a very good move, and I think in the next months the number of A318 Elite and ACJs from the USA will pick up quite a bit.