Airbus heavylift airline demise raises questions over solidity of business plan
The sudden demise of Airbus’s relatively short-lived cargo airline specialising in outsize shipments, Airbus Beluga ...
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By Alex Lennane
It is well-known that the AN-124 does not have a long future ahead of it – and while the world does need a giant freighter, no one wants to pay to design and make a new one. But according to CargoForwarder, Iluyshin may be in the poll position to do so. Its IL-96 is a large passenger aircraft, used by the Russian president, but which has attracted few other customers. But the manufacturer could produce a heavyweight freighter version of the aircraft, ...
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