Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Reputation matters in international sales and to an extent even in domestic sales. This is the fifth year in a row that Airbus sales exceeded Boeing sales.
Depends how one spins it.
Boeing has delivered less commercial airline airplanes to the market than Airbus. About half as many aircraft, as Airbus.
Boeing has nearly double the revenue of airbus. 67 billion vs. 36 billion.
https://www.statista.com/topics/3697/airbus-and-boeing/#dossier-chapter1
China Southern just took delivery of a -900 Max. The Chinese have been particularly cautious with the Max, but are taking new ones, now. Go figure.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/china-takes-delivery-of-boeing-737-max-in-show-of-support-for-troubled-plane-maker/ar-BB1hdMaP
Boeing has their fingers in a lot of pies. PR hits will hurt the bottom line, but Boeing is far too big to fail over a lost door plug.