THE COMMERCIAL aircraft industry is set to have two mega-suppliers, after Airbus took majority control of the Bombardier C Series (now rebranded the Airbus A220) and Boeing and Embraer teamed up in a new 80/20 joint venture on commercial aircraft. With the A220-100 (formerly the CS100) and the A220-300 (formerly the CS300), Airbus has strengthened its offering in the 100 to 160 seats market segment where its 140 to 160-seat A319 has performed sluggishly in recent years. (As of early August, the A319ceo backlog was just 19 aircraft and only 56 A319neos had been ordered.)
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