Airbus blind-sided by Boeing 737 MAX order announced at air show
Airbus has vowed to contend the order for 200 737 MAX aircraft from IAG, secretly negotiated and revealed via a letter of intent
20 June 2019 - 14:48
London — Airbus has vowed to contend for a mammoth narrow-body order that its chief rival Boeing announced in stunning fashion at the Paris Air Show.
Speaking at a final press conference from Le Bourget airfield outside of Paris on Thursday, Airbus sales chief Christian Scherer said the European plane maker never received a request for proposals — a document that formally launches most major aircraft contracts — from British Airways (BA) owner IAG...
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