Originally Posted by
tdracer
I had checked your link and it was the resaon why I asked for facts and no political speeches, newspapers mainly being the copy of the political speeches. I very rarely trust the headlines of the newspapers (!).
In fact, when you look at the details of the so-called "bailout plan" (
https://fly-news.es/covid19/la-ayuda...%28Fly+News%29, sorry it is in Spanish but Google translation is your friend): the 15 billions include:
- 7 billions for Air France (those had been announced three weeks earlier);
- the anticipated order (meaning that such orders are in the pluriannual plan for the next years and they will be done earlier) of some aircraft for the French Air Force (3 x A330MRTTs, one King Air - this one is to support the US industry
-, drones - likely non European -) and eight helicopters for the French Gendarmerie (Military Police); this is about 600 millions.
In fact, the R&D support is only 1.5 billion - likely not for Airbus alone - and Airbus will have to contribute for 116 millions to support the smaller companies in France.
So, at the end, it is very far from what you imagine and hardly 10% of what Boeing rejected in the USA .