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As irritating as they are, the subsidies, which mostly take the form of government loan guarantees, are a sideshow to the main contest, as Bombardier and Embraer jockey for position in a market that, while stagnant today, is expected to soon explode with demand. Ailing airlines of all sizes around...
The fates of the regional-jet makers and the airlines are intertwined as never before. Since the fall of 2001, Bombardier Aerospace has laid off nearly 8,000 employees worldwide, or about 22% of its work force, and Embraer more than 1,800 (almost 10%), as many existing orders have...
A decade ago, few would have guessed Embraer would be Bombardier's main competitor in the regional-jet business. But Embraer's 1994 privatization heralded Brazil's new push to be a global economic player. To exploit the late-'90s boom in worldwide regional-jet travel, Botelho committed Embraer to...
A boon may be coming soon for both companies: US Airways, which just emerged from bankruptcy protection, has announced that it is negotiating with them and anticipates placing "a significant order in the near future." Other airlines are expected to follow suit as their pilots' unions--which complain that regional...
Executives of Bombardier Aerospace seemed a bit defensive when they traveled from their Montreal headquarters to a recent aviation fair in S?o Paulo. Just east of Brazil's business capital are the headquarters of Embraer, Bombardier's smaller but aggressive rival. The two companies had fought for a decade over...