Re:Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order
by sho on Thursday January 18, 2018 @09:20AM
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> So we can assume the real price for the contract is lower
Very much so. Common discounts for airframes can be 40-50%. Given the circumstances I'd assume Emirates got somewhere near 50; who knows. But both parties needed this deal and as other comments correctly point out the unusually public manoeuvring has been going on for months.
Of course, no-one in the media has any idea about this very closely guarded commercial information and so they simply go by the list price.
Very much so. Common discounts for airframes can be 40-50%. Given the circumstances I'd assume Emirates got somewhere near 50; who knows. But both parties needed this deal and as other comments correctly point out the unusually public manoeuvring has been going on for months.
Of course, no-one in the media has any idea about this very closely guarded commercial information and so they simply go by the list price.