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It is incredibly expensive to develop large airliners.

As I understand it, the only peer companies that do so are Airbus, COMAC, and Embraer (Edit: Bombardier ended with the A220).

Which one of these should replace Boeing?



COMAC will succeed. Embraer is sort of boxed in and made the bad decision under Lula of making a deal with China that includes local manufacturing and technology transfers. They’re segmenting the market between them. Bombardier got killed by Boeing’s games with them and yes the remnants are the A220.


COMAC just had its first order from the Americas:

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/brazilian...

Four planes.


There is also Bombardier. But none except Airbus makes planes in the same class as Boeing.


Airbus purchased the Bombardier program


Ah, thanks.


Airbus of the ones listed.

However, Northrop Grumman could also buy out Boeing's large aircraft bits and (re)enter the commercial airliner market.

I doubt Lockheed Martin would be interested, they're into smaller aircraft these days.




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