Airbus vows to compete for the IAG order:
Airbus to Challenge Secret Boeing 737 Deal that Stunned Paris Air Show Fortune
Interesting info that IAG plans to use the Max for "
for its discount and leisure divisions, including Vueling and Level".... you know, where human life is cheap, and poor customers don't have much of a choice risking their lives on the tainted aircraft for a cheap ticket.
So this is how IAG plans to protect the main brands, with BA, IB and OW keeping the good equipment, and the plebs getting the Max.