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Old 02-28-2007, 10:42 AM
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Gallois said in an interview that he expects United Parcel Service Inc., its only customer for the A380 freighter, to ``postpone'' its order for 10 planes by a decade.
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Old 02-28-2007, 11:39 AM
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FedEx will probably have them sooner then that.
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Uh, so does this mean that I should not bid for it coming off the 727?
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Uh, so does this mean that I should not bid for it coming off the 727?
You still can. You will just be on reserve for a decade
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