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   From: TheFirstAmerican@iwuzherefirst.org   
      
   So Airbust has "postponed" the A380 freighter version officially. The   
   curious thing here is Airbust, according to one report, did not notify UPS   
   of the postponement. That was not very nice.   
      
   The other interesting part is that Airbust will reportedly not even move   
   ahead with certification.   
      
   UPS will not get their A380s until at least 2012.   
      
   It seems though that the writing is on the wall. I think the freighter   
   version is basically dead. Airbust could relaunch the product in 5 years or   
   so...after all the bugs get worked out of the A380 passenger version.   
      
   The only other possibility is that Airbust is fantasizing about getting new   
   orders.   
      
   I think UPS basically has to go to Boeing now...and cancel the Airbust   
   order. Otherwise they will lose market share to Fedex. Boeing is in the   
   driver's seat on pricing now. Even so, if UPS orders Boeings, they would all   
   be delivered before they would have gotten the first A380. Boeing does have   
   capacity to build more 777s and 747s.   
      
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