Two cargo airlines cancelling orders of a certain aircraft doesn't mean the end of this aircraft manufacturer. It just means one of the hugest and most embarassing industrial blunder in decades.Methinks Airbus is in serious trouble. If UPS cancels orders, FedEx will do the same within weeks. That will spell the end for Airbus.
Not to mention it can go anywhere in the world point-to-point. Thing is, overnight delivery logistics is about massive payload in hub+spoke, not frequency and ability to go from SFO to BOM twice daily. Lousivlle to Cologne once a night is what they're looking for.Airbus has had managers quit over the A380 program. That, along with delays, isn't a good sign. UPS should check into the 7E7 "Dreamliner". It has speed, and fuel efficency.