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Re:How trains could replace planes in Europe by dustintrex on Thursday November 11, 2021 @07:35PM (#29195044)
Airbus and Boeing have plenty of competition in the smaller jet range: Embraer, Comac, Sukhoi, until recently Bombardier. If it was easily to scale up, it would have happened by now.

I do agree that an electric/hydrogen jet is the kind of disruptive tech that could upend the market, but due to the long lead times, stringent certification and very political markets it's an arguably even tougher market than cars or rockets.

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Re:How trains could replace planes in Europe by hef19898 on Friday November 12, 2021 @01:35AM (#29196832)
Bombardier Aviation was bought by Airbus, Embraer almost by Boeing. Funny enough, there was always a lot more competition in the regional market then for bigger single aisle planes (B737 and A320).
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