'You Don't Need No Stinkin' Boeing...'
Even if the just-announced Boeing 747-8 is designed to be an
Airbus killer, the makers of the A380 superjumbo say they're not
dead yet. In fact, the European consortium believes
they're just now starting to talk with the companies that might be
their biggest customers for the giant airliner -- low cost carriers
overseas, specifically in Japan.