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PT6A67B
Not only did it backfire, but it backfired in the most obvious and foreseeable way. Bombardier was all-in with the C-Series program. Everyone knew it, it was in the newspaper everyday. They weren’t just going to declare bankruptcy and quit. So they cut their losses and sold the program to one of only two companies in the world that would want it and could afford it. The one that hadn’t just sued them. Boeing gift wrapped a new and finished airplane for Airbus, monumentally stupid. And I hope United buys a bunch of the A220.
it didn’t backfire, it was the plan all along. Sorry if the media didn’t explain it to you well enough. Neither AB or Boeing want Chia in the airplane building business. Boeing did not rush to try and buy Embraer. That plan was in the works all along COVID and the MAX grounding delayed it. The A220 isn’t exactly writing checks for AB. That program is still losing money only the A380 is worse and getting worse. The A380s will all be gone in 10 years and that is going to hurt. OEMs don’t make money selling aircraft. They make the money taking care of them for 20+ years.
once again chess is a long game.