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Old 7th Jul 2015, 00:45
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You appear to have a preoccupation with QF and the A380.

There will be an agreement between Airbus and QF that the order cancellation will be announced closer to the firm commitment date. It would be disastrous for the A380 program if the cancellation from QF was announced. As it is the decision by MH to dump the A380 is sending smoke signals that the a/c is an expensive proposition for small carriers.

TG may be the next carrier to exit the A380 if the can find a buyer willing to pay the book value. TG are currently bleeding from the grounding of their A340-500 and A340-600 fleets. They recently rejected an offer of USD23M for an A340-500 due to a book value of USD66.9M
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