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Pontifications: The Bottom Line isn’t always about The Bottom Line

June 6, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Sweetheart deals to win strategic aircraft orders are nothing new in commercial aviation. John Leahy, COO-Customers for Airbus, last week poked Bombardier for its order from Delta Air Lines. Citing a reported… Read More

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 Posted on June 6, 2016 by Scott Hamilton

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Douglas Aircraft Co, Lockheed Martin, Pontifications

     737-600, 767, A300-600R, A300B4, A310, Air Canada, Air France, AirBaltic, Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, DC-3, DC-5, DC-9 Super 80, Delta Air Lines, Eastern Airlines, John Leahy, Lockheed, Lufthansa Airlines, MD-80, MD-95, Pan Am, Pan American, SAS

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