SMOC,
Where did this info come from?
If true, it is bad news for Boeing as they just lost 3 of AC's 5 Intercontinental orders and converted them to freighters. No doubt CX got a great deal on them. I wonder if the ACC debacle has anything to do with this. That little experiment has been hemorrhaging cash since its inception and hurting CX Cargo in the process.
This is also a very revealing transaction in that it says bad things about the Chinese economy or the -8 as a passenger plane or both. It reinforces what I've been saying about CX really liking the -8F.