Oh yeah, Air Bus is Boeing's #1 competitor and the only reason they are in existence is because they're subsidized to compete with Boeing.
Airbus made out with the bank on this optics-war against Boeing.
Article from March 27th, 2019: As Trump and Xi chew over a trade deal, China buys 300 Airbus planes
“The grounding was part of that process. It’s a great way to get leverage and so is this,” Aboulafia said. “It’s not out of character for the Chinese government to show up on diplomatic visits promoting an agenda and placing large contracts.”
Out of 300 planes:
290 are A320 planes = $29,290,000,000 (The other 10 were not disclosed, but my guess is China used this to get reduced pricing on the A320's)
Airbus 2018 Price List Press Release
Talk about financially motivated coordinated attack.
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