Airbus is 53 years old. Bombardier competes in the same segment as Cessna and Gulfstream and designed a plane that is actively in competition with the 737. A

Airbus is 53 years old. Bombardier competes in the same segment as Cessna and Gulfstream and designed a plane that is actively in competition with the 737. A lot can happen in a century, especially when the government puts its thumbs on the scale, which is the rule rather than the exception when it comes to commercial passenger planes.