Peter I don't think that is correct. My source is www.speednews.com and as of 18 June 2002 there were a total of 85 A380s ordered, of which only two were freighters destined for Emirates. So this ten aircraft would be a new order. >I thought this was old news. Fed Ex announced soon after Airbus was ta= >king >orders that they would buy the A380 because the could combine multiple >DC10/MD11 flights? > >Peter Schneider >ATL