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Old Nov 7, 2006 | 1:25 pm
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Originally Posted by FWAAA
It's quite possible that those additional airframes were comped (as in free or nearly free) by Airbus as an incentive to not cancel the existing orders.
I thought about that too but then you have Airbus not breaking even on the A380 for a very long time, if ever. Maybe Boeing files a complaint with FTC and WTO that Airbus is giving away it's planes.
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