Airbus Advances Freighter Agenda, Despite Cargo Crisis

[Gerald A]

The timing couldn't be much worse: Airbus is getting ready to birth a new generation of freighter aircraft just as the industry is seeing near-unprecedented declines in demand.

But the European aircraft maker is looking beyond the near- and potentially mid-term crisis, and is making a long-term bet on creating a stable of freighter offerings. In the process, it is also trying to once more wrestle marketshare away from its main rival, Boeing, which has long dominated the freighter market.

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