A German magazine, Wirtschaftswoch, is reporting that Emirates has cancelled orders for two Airbus A380F cargo jets, according to English-lanuage reports from Europe http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2006/06/02/afx2789887.html and the Middle East. http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/business/2006/June/business_June67.xml§ion=business
Key Quote (from AFX): “‘We still don’t have necessary clarity about the the planes technical details,’ Emirates European head Keith Longstaff told the business weekly, explaining the cancellation.”
Key Quote (from Kahleej Times): “The magazine said aerospace experts were beginning to doubt if Airbus would ever recover through sales the hundreds of millions of euros it has additionally spent on developing the freight version of the A380.”
It’s important to note here that Emirates still has 43 A380s on order. But it seems Airbus is struggling with the cargo version of the jet. The first delivery to FedEx has been pushed back six months to early 2009 — meaning it’ll be in the market only a few months before Boeing is scheduled to deliver the first 747-8Fs.
Here’s a link to the original article, for all you German-speakers out there: http://www.wiwo.de/pswiwo/fn/ww2/sfn/buildww/id/126/id/184498/fm/0/SH/0/depot/0/index.html
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