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ATLANTA (AP) - Despite a two-year delay in the rollout of the new A380 double-decker jet, UPS Inc. continued Friday to focus on the new plane's potential by working out an agreement with Airbus revising delivery dates for its 10-plane order and allowing either party to terminate the purchase order later this year.
In contrast, UPS rival FedEx Corp. responded to the new plane's delays by canceling its A380 order with Toulouse, France-based Airbus in November and announcing it would purchase 15 U.S.-made Boeing 777 freighters with an option to buy 15 more.
UPS, the world's largest shipping carrier, ordered its first 10 A380F jets in January 2005 for use on U.S.-Asia routes. The deal included an option to buy 10 more planes. Deliveries originally were to begin in 2009 and run through 2012.
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