Loss of Qantas and Air France-KLM deals to Airbus highlights Boeing’s competitive gaps

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Source: Qantas

Defections of two long-time narrowbody customers – Air France-KLM and Qantas – to Boeing’s arch-rival in Toulouse does not mean the 737 Max is a worse aircraft than the A320neo, but the comparative strength of Airbus’s single-aisle strategy appears to be a winning formula.

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