From today's Wall Street Journal:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">People...say that Airbus has offered to sell each of its A320 planes for $800,000 less than Boeing, as well as to cover any difference in cost that easyJet would incur by operating a mixed fleet of Boeing and Airbus jets.</font>
You wanna tell me how Airbus plans on making money on these sales? They're a job program for the countries that are part of the consortium, and that's their primary function. Making a profit is not as big of a deal for them as it is for Boeing.