Originally Posted by Packsonflight
The "new" 748 is starting to sound more and more like the 745&746 boeing offered years back, and nobody wanted to buy.
with new engines, systems and wing, it is going to cost a lot of money to develop. the cost could aproach half the cost of the A380 program and still they are offering the old airframe!!! does not make sense to me.
Quote from airbus goes along these lines,
This is the first time that a civil aircraft program is going to be launched on the back of cargo aircraft orders/requirements