if nobody wants 747s, why would/should FedEx buy them? -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Michael C. Berch Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 4:30 PM To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: Re: FedEx agrees to buy 10 Airbus A380 superjumbos This seems sort of odd, although FedEx could certainly use some big planes. But is the operating economy that much better than a 747? FedEx could buy 747s for a song - everybody seems to be unloading them. -- Michael C. Berch mcb@postmodern.com On Monday, July 15, 2002, at 08:09 AM, Peter Schneider wrote: > I thought this was old news. Fed Ex announced soon after Airbus was > taking > orders that they would buy the A380 because the could combine multiple > DC10/MD11 flights? > > Peter Schneider > ATL