March 2, 2007

BROWN DELIVERS...THE DEATH BLOW:

UPS cancels Airbus A380 order (The Associated Press, March 2, 2007)

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.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 2, 2007 12:15 PM
Comments

So what, they'll build it anyway.

Posted by: Dave W at March 2, 2007 1:09 PM

If they build it, will anyone come?

Posted by: sam at March 2, 2007 3:23 PM

Also, that was quick on UPS's part. EADS just announced on Thursday that they were going to delay the freight liners.

Posted by: sam at March 2, 2007 3:25 PM
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