t would be difficult not to beat the A380-800F as it hasn't even been built yet
Yeah, because any prospective buyers pulled out for.... Boeing products. Sure it may have been a different story if Airbus could have kept to schedule. Much like the MD-11 (in it's prime) the B777F is the perfect size freighter.
Makes me think of Atlas with 30 something 742's and 744's during a market slow down, hard times to own or have obligations on that many aircraft that you can not fill.No doubt the 748 is a nice aircraft and the A380F if produced at max weight/volume may have been a money maker but the liability in my opinion is far too great unless you have a reliable route for it. The market is just not large enough to operate the aircraft efficiently and certainly not reliable enough.