November 23, 2005
HOW ABOUT THE THIRD OF NEVER?:
AIRBUS A YEAR LATE IN DELIVERING A380 TO AIR FRANCE: AIR FRANCE (AFP, 11/23/05)
The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus will deliver A380 superjumbo airliners to Air France a year late on April 1, 2008, Air France president Jean-Cyril Spinetta said on Wednesday outside a press conference on the airline's six-month results.
Spinetta had warned at a general meeting of shareholders in Air France-KLM on July 12 that the A380 would be delivered six months later than the planned date of April 1, 2007.
It's like a waitress telling you they're out of New Coke. Posted by Orrin Judd at November 23, 2005 4:49 PM
Comments
Kind of reminds you of the Soviet's attempt to build and launch a space shuttle.
Posted by: curt at November 23, 2005 5:27 PMGee, they're going to deliver the first plane on April Fool's Day. Great public relations work, guys.
Posted by: John at November 23, 2005 9:35 PMYou weren't really looking forward to riding on that thing.
Posted by: Robert Schwartz at November 24, 2005 1:24 AM