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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Quite true. Aren't they practically owned by the EU rather than subsidized?
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They're nominally a private consortium. And, they'll point out that Boeing is heavily subsidized by DoD. It's pretty hard to disentangle.
My industry source tells me that one actual quality reason that allowed airbus to gain market share is that their standard cabin on the A320 series (I think that's it--the 737/757 equivalent) is approximately 10" wider than the one used by Boeing, which means slightly wider seats or more cabin room generally.
