"Peter Kemp" wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 13:51:28 GMT, Ron Parsons wrote:

The only reason that AAL has Airbus aircraft in the fleet is that it was
a requirment in order to gain landing rights in Europe.

Got a cite for this? Considering I can think of at least one airline
that is entirely European (RyanAir only flies 737s IIRC) that doesn't
fly *any* AI aircraft, this sounds like ******** .

Even the National carriers of France and the UK (especially France),
the primary forces behind AI, have dozens of Boeings - why would they
bother if there was some deep conspiracy?

FAA understands clearly that if they ground any of the busses, that the
EU states involved with Airbus will ground Boeings.

Don't talk rubbish. What would be the grounds?

It sounds like restraint of trade to me, which is an automatic loser for
regulatory agencies.