Airbus launches three-month US sales tour for H160

Airbus has launched a three-month sales tour with the second prototype of the H160 as the medium-twin programme moves closer to first delivery early next year.The sales tour with demonstration flights moves the H160 begins three years after Airbus launched the programme and seven years after the original X4 concept was publicly revealed.But chief executive Guillaume Faury says the sales tour shows the programme is moving into a new phase, with the focus on converting letters of intent into orders and building up the sales backlog.