Airbus is about to finally make serious inroads into the Japanese airline market with low-fare carrier Skymark's plans to order up to six A380s. The airline says it will take four A380s on firm order with options for another two. The first four aircraft are to be delivered in 2014 and 2015. Airbus confirms that it is in final negotiations with Skymark about an order, but is not prepared to reveal when the deal might be announced. Airbus has been struggling for decades to place aircraft with the country's big airlines-Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways. ANA operates a limited number of Airbus A320 family jets while JAL inherited A300-600Rs when it acquired Japan Air System in 2002.
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