On the Flight Intl' web site.
It sure looks as CX will be making a big profit next yr.So have they started cutting of 13'th month's salary of the staff.
The A340-500/600 programme has suffered a serious of blows in recent months, largely as a result of the 11 September attacks. SIA has recently negotiated a nine-month delay of its A340-500 deliveries to late 2003, while the orders held by Swissair/Flightlease, another 2002 customer for the -600, have been cancelled.
Cathay Pacific, which has three A340-600s on lease order from International Lease Finance due from September, now looks set to become the initial operator of the type. The airline is thought to be unhappy about this, with sources saying that if it wanted to be a launch operator it would have signed up as launch customer.