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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.
Doubtful Airbus is partially owned and controlled by the French and German governments. Do you really think they will allow those new jobs to be created in the US. No way.
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