News / Cargolux spurns Airbus to pick 777-8F as its workhorse of the future

Cargolux is staying tight-lipped over its potential fleet orders, after disclosing at the Farnborough Air Show that it has picked its workhorse for the future: the 777-8F.

Airbus will no doubt be hugely disappointed after its big efforts in trying to lure Cargolux with its A350 freighter, but Richard Forson, Cargolux chief executive, was careful not to upset the European manufacturer and declined to be drawn specifically on why he’d bet on Boeing.

In a response to The Loadstar, he said simply ...