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Originally Posted by Jimmy
For me, the issue isnt "Why didn't the AF pick the American plane?"
Its "Why wasnt the American plane the best in the competition?"
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Because that plane is still in the testing phase. First it clearly tells Boeing that they will not dictate terms. With Lockheed out of the airliner business and their purchase of McDonnell Douglas they had no competition. That basically allowed
a) Boeing to potentially be able to demand sweetheart deals
b) as an unintended consequence let Airbus into the US domestic market big time.
With no MD-80/90 series in the Market to compete with the 737 a lot of Domestic airlines are choosing the Airbus a320 and similarly A330/40s are replacing the MD-10/11 series on the transcontinental side. Hopefully mobile could be a partial replacement for long beach.