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wasoxygen · 3550 days ago · link · · parent · post: White Lie Diseases or "Am I Special Enough Now?"
That's a pretty interesting article. "Etrigan" posted an informative comment, an analysis of profit margins in the industry.Apparently, the profit margins aren't that large.
Two firms—Airbus and Boeing—provide the majority of the planes...
True for larger aircraft, though a "duopoly" of two similar providers is far closer to healthy competition than it is to a single provider. And the market is moving in a good direction. Delta already flies Embraer jets on their lucrative northeast shuttle routes, and Bombardier and China’s Comac are entering the market.