Plane maker Airbus has confirmed that Malaysia Airlines has not cancelled its order for six A380 aircraft after the company failed to meet delivery deadlines for 10 months, a top official said.

"For the moment we have no cancellation of orders, no customers of the airlines have cancelled orders," said Christian Duhain, head of Airbus parent group EADS.
"We are discussing with our customers to find the best solution for them. It is very often viewed as a matter of money but the matter is for the airlines to fill the capacity, to find solutions for them and we are here to help them," Duhain said.

Duhain spoke to reporters at the launch of Eurocopter Group's Malaysian maintenance facility in the town of Subang, west of the capital Kuala Lumpur.

Deliveries of the A380, the world's largest commercial airliner and the cornerstone in Airbus efforts to catch up with Boeing, have been delayed three times and are now two years behind schedule because of production problems.

Duhain said the Airbus program was now "on track, technically and technologically."

EADS had said the future of the A380 cargo version would depend on a reconfirmation of remaining orders after the US freight giant FedEx announced it would no longer buy 10 of the planes.

FedEx cited "significant delays" in the delivery of the A380 for its decision, and turned to Boeing with an order for 15 of its 777 cargo jets.