From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

George Sherwood wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 09:47:05 -0500, John Beamish wrote:
>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6067540.stm
>>
>> "The firm's parent company EADS now says it needs to sell 420 A380s to
>> break even, up from a previous estimate of 270 aircraft."
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> "But in a presentation to analysts and investors, EADS chief financial
>> officer Andreas Sperl said that the planemaker still expected to sell
>> more than 750 of its new planes over the life of the project."
>>
>
> And they predicted a market of 400 for the A-380 Cargo version of which
> after the recent UPS cancellation there are zero.  I really think EADS is
> in trouble.  Strikes and cancellation, not good for business, but the
> Governments will be there with bailouts.
>

Concentrating on the higher earning passenger versions makes sense given
the backlog. However A design of this size is designed for a long life
& within 10-15 years there will be a lot of 380 freighters (given the
747's usage pattern).

If it is more economical for shifting greater volumes of freight then it
will sell to freighting companies (once the passenger orders are dealt
with).

Adam


> George
>
> http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/02/business/web.0302-airbusclark.php?
> page=1
>
> United Parcel Service, the last remaining customer for the cargo version
> of the Airbus's A380 superjumbo jet, said Friday that it was walking away
> from its $2.8 billion order, citing concerns the troubled planemaker
> would not be able to meet a revised delivery schedule agreed last week.

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