Update
June 30, 2011: Another possibility. Who's to say American Airlines might not just buy the brand new factory for a song, and then lease it out to Airbus and/or Boeing to build American Airlines' new fleet of 250 airplanes in a deal worth $15 billion? AMR would have some leverage: if Airbus wants to be part of the deal, they would have to accept the terms and the new factory.
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Yes, I know: this has nothing to do with the Bakken, but sometimes I can't resist. I apologize. For those folks who want to read only about the Bakken, please ignore this post.
Now, back to the question: Who Will Buy Boeing's Brand New (Never-Been-Used) Aircraft Factory in South Carolina When The NLRB Rules Boeing Can't Move To South Carolina? Story here.
Answer: Airbus.
And Airbus will buy it for a song.
Airbus and Boeing signed over $25 billion in orders to kick off the Paris Air Show, June, 2011.And again, Airbus set a record at the June, 2011, Paris air show, for the most airplanes ever sold at an airshow by any manufacturer, with 730 orders worth over $70 million.
Airbus topped the totals, signing orders and commitments for 142 aircraft worth $15 billion.
Rival Boeing countered with more than $11 billion worth of orders and commitments for 56 of its jets, including an order by Qatar Airways for six of its 777 jets in a $1.7 billion deal.
They gotta build those jet planes somewhere, and it's probably cheaper in South Carolina than Germany and France.
A precedent has already been set: BMW has a nice factory in Spartanburg, South Carolina.