Airbus expects to receive an order for 20 to 30 new aircraft in the coming days, the plane maker's chief executive Tom Enders told German newspaper Bild.

"This time it will be an order from America," he told the mass-circulation daily in an interview published on Monday, without saying who would be ordering the aircraft or for what type of planes the order would be.

He said it clearly looks like the aviation industry is recovering now after its worst downturn in decades.

Airbus last week pronounced the recession over after unveiling net new orders for 130 planes worth over USD$13 billion at the Farnborough Airshow.