Gerald A
24th February 2009, 06:02 PM
The timing couldn't be much worse: Airbus is getting ready to birth a new generation of freighter aircraft just as the industry is seeing near-unprecedented declines in demand.
But the European aircraft maker is looking beyond the near- and potentially mid-term crisis, and is making a long-term bet on creating a stable of freighter offerings. In the process, it is also trying to once more wrestle marketshare away from its main rival, Boeing, which has long dominated the freighter market.
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/aw022309p1.xml&headline=Airbus%20Advances%20Freighter%20Agenda,%2 0Despite%20Cargo%20Crisis
But the European aircraft maker is looking beyond the near- and potentially mid-term crisis, and is making a long-term bet on creating a stable of freighter offerings. In the process, it is also trying to once more wrestle marketshare away from its main rival, Boeing, which has long dominated the freighter market.
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/aw022309p1.xml&headline=Airbus%20Advances%20Freighter%20Agenda,%2 0Despite%20Cargo%20Crisis