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Old 8th November 2006 | 14:15
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ebt
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I do get the feeling that this will drive UPS closer towards cancelling their order. From what I gather, UPS only ordered the A380 as a switch for the A300/A310Fs they already had on order. From what I hear around the traps, UPS still had a whole bunch more to come from an order and Airbus wanted to close down the line, so they proposed that UPS cancel its remaining A300 order and be a launch customer for the A380F instead. Given UPS has recently ordered a couple of 744ERFs, you'd have to say that things aren't looking to good for the A380F. If UPS pulled out, I'm sure ILFC would get cold feet and either cancel their order too or agree to ice the A380F for some time later on.
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