Boeing Endures Another 747-8 Headache As Atlas Air Cancels Orders

Michael Mecham September 23, 2011
Reeling from launch customer Cargolux’s sudden demand for a renegotiation of its 747-8 agreement, Boeing learned that another of the new freighter’s customers was cancelling a quarter of its orders. Atlas Air told Boeing on Sept. 16—the day Cargolux was to take the first freighter delivery—that...

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