Cargolux will not take delivery of the 747-8F

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Cargolux will not take delivery of the 747-8F

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BREAKING: Cargolux has informed Boeing it will not take delivery of the 747-8F Monday (Update2)

Details: http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/fligh ... ormed.html
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Re: Cargolux will not take delivery of the 747-8F

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Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar is now on the Cargolux board. Is it any surprise?
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It is not surprise at all. In fact there is a performance issue with B748F program as another freighter Air Atlas has cancelled order for 3 B748F, reducing the order number to 9.
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What Performance issues ??
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have no idea of technical issues but you can check following links:
http://www.flightglobal.com/landingpage/747-8.html

About Atlas Air, news about reducing the number of B748F from 12 to 9 at following link:
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... fs-362387/
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Raihans...........Thank you for the links.
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