Newsstand - FedEx Cancels A380 Order

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061107/ap_on_bi_ge/france_airbus

Orders 777 freighter.

Dangit! That means no A380 for me in MEM... I figured that was going to be the easiest way for me to get my eyes on one being from ATL.

Please continue to follow this thread in the FT Newsstand.

Thanks...
Obscure2k
TravelBuzz Moderator

So where does this put Airbus in the way of Firm Orders?

So where does this put Airbus in the way of Firm Orders?
Lots of pretty wobbly looking customers out there:
... The A380 cancellations leave just 15 superjumbo freighter orders on the Airbus books — from UPS Inc. and International Lease Finance Corp. — and 142 orders for the plane's passenger version. A spokesman for UPS said late Tuesday the Atlanta-based company it is still reviewing its options.
...
Emirates, which has ordered 45 of the A380s and is the program's largest customer, said last month it would send a team of technicians to France to assess the accuracy of promised delivery dates for the A380 superjumbo.

Virgin Atlantic Airways also said last month it would defer the delivery of the first of its six Airbus A380 superjumbo jets until 2013. ...

Fellas, let's continue this conversation here: http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=622086

Mod, please close this down.

Fellas, let's continue this conversation here: http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=622086

Mod, please close this down.
Ooops. There's one in OMNI, too.