Consumers, however, may only see a small drop in airfare, as airlines continue their spending spree on new airplanes and other improvements. (frequentbusinesstraveler.com)
Bombardier CEO Alain Bellemare defends the discounting of new airplanes in answer to Boeing's unfair trade complaint. (cnbc.com)
Now, though, an improving economy and increasing emerging - market demand for new airplanes have pushed orders back to near decade highs — in 2011 Airbus received 1,419 orders for its planes — and Boeing and Airbus are trying to get through a backlog of about 4,000 aircraft apiece. (canadianbusiness.com)