The buzz round here is that the locals will definitely go to the A380 (Quick 180 on sentiment – now Airbus good, Boeing bad) leaving the ex-pats the B744 pickings. The far-sighted of this latter group who are not making imminent plans to leave, are now manoeuvring onto the A340-500 to avoid the situation on B744 contract end, where they are indeed offered “SIA Cargo or the road”.