This is huge news and a MAJOR setback for Airbust. FedEx has spent a LOT of money already on bringing the A380 online. For them to cancel their order implies they believe the A380 will never get fixed. As of right now, there is no freighter version of the 777 flying, but there will soon be hundreds. This is GREAT news for Boeing.
1 posted on
11/07/2006 8:50:02 AM PST by
Rokke
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2 posted on
11/07/2006 8:50:54 AM PST by
Rokke
To: Rokke
Good news...I wasn't happy with their order to begin with.
To: Rokke
This is the first cancellation of an A380. Why FedEx didn't purchase 747-8s is very curious.
4 posted on
11/07/2006 8:51:16 AM PST by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: Rokke
How do you say "neener-neener" in French?
5 posted on
11/07/2006 8:51:30 AM PST by
rivercat
(The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. - William Shakespeare)
To: Rokke
OOPS!! for Airbus Industrie.
I can see within six months FedEx placing a huge order for the 747-8F cargo plane, since FedEx does do a lot of outsized cargo business.
To: Rokke
7 posted on
11/07/2006 8:51:50 AM PST by
goarmy
("Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims." -Chris Wallace)
To: Rokke
Boeing stock up 3.4% on this news. This is a big deal. All eyes are now on UPS.
8 posted on
11/07/2006 8:52:14 AM PST by
Daus
To: Paleo Conservative
9 posted on
11/07/2006 8:52:27 AM PST by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: Rokke
Wow. Just wow.
Airbus absolutely, positively needs those frieghter contracts, if they are ever to get anywhere close to break-even.
Here's a question... If wiring the seats is holding up the production line, why wouldn't Airbus re-direct some fuselages to frieghters, which have no such wiring?
Answer: Because that's not really the problem.
10 posted on
11/07/2006 8:53:07 AM PST by
gridlock
(The GOP will pick up at least TWO seats in the Senate and FOUR seats in the House in 2006)
To: Rokke
Jeeze. With all these Airbus cancellations and orders going to Boeing, lead times are going to go way out at Boeing unless they build new plants. For a business, this is a good problem.
11 posted on
11/07/2006 8:53:08 AM PST by
Cobra64
(Why is the War on Terror being managed by the DEFENSE Department?)
To: Rokke
As of right now, there is no freighter version of the 777 flying, but there will soon be hundreds. This is GREAT news for Boeing.I have a sentimental attachment to the 777, since my career as a contract technical writer began while documenting two of the avionics devices currently flying on that plane.
12 posted on
11/07/2006 8:53:39 AM PST by
TomSmedley
(Calvinist, optimist, home schooling dad, exuberant husband, technical writer)
To: Rokke
If FedEx flew the Airbust,might they have been solely responsible for refitting Memphis Airport? I don't see any other airline flying that monstrosity into Memphis.
13 posted on
11/07/2006 8:54:15 AM PST by
Gay State Conservative
("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
To: Rokke
Wow. Are the upgrades on the Memphis runways necessary for the 777?
16 posted on
11/07/2006 8:55:22 AM PST by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
To: Rokke
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This really is hugh!
17 posted on
11/07/2006 8:56:06 AM PST by
DungeonMaster
(Man defiles a rock when he chips it with a tool. Ex 20:25)
To: Rokke
I can't believe the bastards were even going to go for AirBusse - unless they got a sweatheart, Euro-sponsored deal for the planes.
18 posted on
11/07/2006 8:56:20 AM PST by
VeniVidiVici
(The UN's greatest success is the Korean War - which has been going on for over 50 years)
To: Rokke
This great news for The United States of America!
19 posted on
11/07/2006 8:56:42 AM PST by
sausageseller
(Look out for the jackbooted spelling police. There! Everywhere!(revised cause the "man" accosted me!)
To: Rokke
Remember: Airbus is essentially a GOVERNMENT PROGRAM in France- Having worked for the government let me tell you this- I would not want the people I worked with running a candy store, let alone building an airplane ( or controlling my health care)
Those who can't do, teach. Those who can't do or teach become govt employees.
22 posted on
11/07/2006 8:58:59 AM PST by
Mr. K
(Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help...)
To: Rokke
I posted yesterday that the A-380 will be cancelled by next summer. Singapore and Emirates are NOT happy with what they see, and Boeing is prepared to toss them some 747's for almost nothing if they put a stake through Airbus' heart.
25 posted on
11/07/2006 9:01:43 AM PST by
Pukin Dog
(Being a Liberal is just a coping mechanism for low self esteem and/or bad parenting.)
To: Rokke
I wonder how you say "Ouch" in French?
32 posted on
11/07/2006 9:07:45 AM PST by
Plutarch
To: Rokke
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Rokke
This is huge news and a MAJOR setback for Airbust.
I believe (not positive) that Honeywell Commercial Aerospace acquired Fed-Ex a couple of years back.
I believe (as I recall) that Honeywell was working closely with Airbus for systems and compoents for Airbus aircraft.
If (and I might be in error) those two possibilities are accurate, then that means that Honeywell Commercial Aerospace might be privately throwing-in the towel with Airbus in general, but then again, only with the A380 program.
Just speculation ...
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