PARIS — Boeing scored a victory in the airliner wars Tuesday when FedEx became the first customer to cancel an order for Airbus’ much-delayed A380 jumbo jets and said it will instead buy Boeing 777s.

FedEx became the first company to cancel an order placed with Airbus for the A380 super-jumbo jet on Tuesday, due in part to two-year production delays by the aircraft manufacturer. The courier ...

Simply sign up to the European companies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Airbus suffered a further blow to its troubled A380 superjumbo programme when for the first time an order for ...

Troubled plane maker Airbus hit rock bottom again this week when US-based Fedex Express, part of Fedex, cancelled its order for 10 superjumbo A380-800F aircraft and announced to buy 15 Boeing 777 ...

Not only did airport tenant FedEx cancel its order for the cargo version of the “superjumbo” last November, but no other carriers have indicated they’ll likely use the super-jumbo here, said airport ...

FedEx Express cites "ongoing uncertainties over the delivery schedule" for its decision last week to cancel its order for up to 20 Airbus A380 Freighters and sign for Boeing 777Fs instead. FedEx was ...

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp, has announced that it will be first to take delivery of the giant Airbus A380-800F in August 2008 and the first to deploy the plane in service for its global ...

FedEx canceled an order for 10 Airbus A380s on Tuesday, becoming the first customer to abandon the European superjumbo jet in the wake of production delays that have shaken the company. The order will ...

A FedEx Express decision to cancel its order for the Airbus A380 has shaken the troubled airframer. FedEx had been a launch customer for the aircraft with an order for 10 A380 freighters. Instead, the ...

FedEx Corp. said Tuesday it will buy Boeing 777 aircraft instead of Airbus superjumbo freighters. FedEx Express, a unit of Memphis-based FedEx (NYSE: FDX), has reached an agreement with The Boeing Co.