Airbus Vows to Challenge the Secret Boeing 737 MAX Deal that Stunned the Paris Air Show

I fully expect that it will eventually emerge that Boeing slashed its prices to the bone to get what is basically a "re-launch" customer to buy them and save the MAX, if not Boeing itself. You may recall that Boeing whined that Bombardier gave a good deal to Delta when it bought the C Series (now the A220), but lost the case -- and an order for Super Hornets from the RCAF.

Immoral of the story? Practically giving them away at or close to cost is evil incarnate when anyone else does it, but Boeing thinks it's perfectly OK when they do it. Sooner or later, karma will bite Boeing's ass and we all know that karma is a bitch.

The people who ran Boeing up until circa 2000 must be horrified at what's happened to a once-great company.

I fully expect the EEC to investigate this 'deal" and to show that Boeing is dumping Max's at a price that cannot be justified to support profit. Sanctions will follow.

Payback for Boeing's/US actions over the A220.....

Sounds like the Airbus,read France, thought all of the airlines would toe the line for punishment of Boeing.

Although it is only an LOI rather than a full firmed contract, American must have extracted an impossible discount, shall we say 60% off leaving Boeing with a less than a paper thin profit.

If someone is offered a product at an attractive price and delivery schedule, contracts do not necessary have to be bid except for public entities where this is mandated. Boeing needed this order to prove the Max will sell in spite of current problems and to penetrate a market they do not have access. IAG is responsible to its Board and stockholders. Airbus is acting butt hurt like a well known political party.

Three more great articles...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-20/airbus-will-challenge-boeing-to-undo-showstopping-737-max-deal
https://www.aerotime.aero/parisaishow/22766-airbus-to-challenge-iag-boeing-deal-for-200-max
https://www.ft.com/content/ba28845c-9363-11e9-aea1-2b1d33ac3271

I think Airbus could pull off major market advantage by not bidding on deal. Let Boeing sit there with empty 737 Max planes.

Des commentaires sur Airbus en français ??? Les ordinateurs de bord sont belges !

Obviously IAG must be run by been counters who know little about airplanes and care little about the safety of their clients. However, they might have scooped themselves here or are simply putting pressure on Airbus to lower prices.

IAG will ultimately pay the price as I know most passengers would not wish to fly on this aircraft. I would switch airlines before flying on the MAX.

the LoI was only placed to get Airbus to reduce prices, both Iberia and Are Lingug had already said they were going with Airbus

Was an A380 ever sold at a profit. Then decimated real competition in the middle east.

It is a free market driven by competition. Boeing and Airbus can sell and price as they wish. Remember the days when Airbus had EU Govt money backing every order? Airbus lost money on the A380 and it is finished. They discounted that plane every day.

memo to the eu: it isn't dumping when something is sold for more than the cost of production, or if generous terms are part of the deal. It is economic warfare, the less than satisfying substitute for the real thing, which given the french military performamnce throughout history, it is left to people like me to point that out. Go to Vegas, bet the opponents of the french straight up, and wait to go to the payoff window. guaranteed.