Boeing’s bleating backfires as Bombardier gets ace wingman in Airbus
New York — Boeing’s diminutive Canadian rival just found itself one heck of a wingman. The world’s largest aerospace company tried to block Bombardier’s all-new C Series jet from the US by complaining to the government about unfair competition. Now that move is backfiring as Boeing’s primary foe, Airbus, takes control of the Canadian aircraft — with plans to manufacture in Alabama. The deal leaves Boeing’s 737, the company’s largest source of profit, to face a strengthened opponent in the market for single-aisle jetliners, where the Airbus A320 family already enjoys a sales lead. The French aircraft maker is riding to the rescue of a plane at the centre of a trade dispute that soured US relations with Canada and the UK, where the aircraft’s wings are made. "For Boeing, its decision to wage commercial war on Bombardier has arguably had some unintended negative outcomes," Robert Stallard, an analyst at Vertical Research Partners, said in a report. "As well as damaging relations with t...
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