The End of the A380F
Today, in a not altogether unexpected move, UPS canceled its order for 10 A380 freighter variants.
PARIS/BOSTON, March 2 (Reuters) - Troubled Airbus suffered its second hammerblow in a week on Friday when the last cargo customer deserted the freight version of its delayed A380 superjumbo, days after the planemaker announced 10,000 job cuts.
United Parcel Service Inc. said it planned to cancel an order for 10 Airbus A380 freighters, worth approximately $3 billion at list prices, joining its rival FedEx which canceled an identical order last year.
Since no other company has ordered the freighter version, this most likely spells the end of any freighter variant of the A380.
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