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| It's dead (for now), Jim - UPS cancels Airbus A380 order |
| 2007-03-02 |
| Via Bros. Judd: PARIS: The Airbus superjumbo program suffered a major new setback Friday as UPS Inc. said it would cancel its order for 10 A380s, leaving the aircraft maker with an empty order book for the cargo version of its much-delayed flagship. The move comes just a week after UPS, the world's largest shipping carrier, said it had agreed with Airbus to postpone its first freighter delivery until 2012 — three years later than originally promised. |
| Posted by:anonymous2u |
| #9 Argue, how dare you Joe. They are nuanced discussion, that no cowboy Americans could ever understand. |
| Posted by: bombay 2007-03-02 22:47 |
| #8 Are the Germans and Frenchies still arguing over the costs [sharing] of wiring, plus the French were demanding changes to wing design??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-03-02 22:28 |
| #7 It is not that bad. There is far too much, industry wide, invested in the program. It will exist, maybe in token terms, but it will exist. The Euros can't let it fail, nor can they let EADS fail. It may spell a large change for them, but not the not the end. They'll probably roll A380 into a new designation sooner or later to avoid any stigma, but it will go on. The supplier work still continues, so it is not over yet. Your sign that it is truly over will be when the suppliers stop. |
| Posted by: bombay 2007-03-02 20:47 |
| #6 That didn't take long: less than 8 hours prior to this UPS anouncement, Airbust announced they were stoping work on the A380F, so they could concentrate resouces on the PAX version. This sound you heard was that of the FIRST shoe falling....... |
| Posted by: USN, ret. 2007-03-02 20:47 |
| #5 If the Europeans are even somewhat intelligent, they will spinoff the helicopter business from EADS. The helo side is doing great, with sales all over; no sense in having it drug into the pit with Airbus. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2007-03-02 19:54 |
| #4 This will spell the end for eads. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2007-03-02 18:20 |
| #3 The good news: Free A380 with every box of Lucky Charms starting in 2011. |
| Posted by: Dar 2007-03-02 17:22 |
| #2 Meanwhile, Boeing is still kicking the crap out of Airbus.... |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-03-02 16:37 |
| #1 UPS did Airbus a favor. Now Airbus doesn't have to cancel the order on UPS. I'd bet UPS got a fair amount for the favor. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-03-02 16:03 |