The Airbus affair refers to allegations of secret commissions paid to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and other members of his ministry in exchange for then-crown corporation Air Canada's purchase of a large number of Airbus jets. The Chairman of Airbus (a European consortium) at the time of the contract competition was Franz Josef Strauss (1915–1988), a high-profile German politician in Bavaria.
The order in question had long been pending, and both Boeing and Airbus had been competing heavily for the contract. Both offered shared production in Canada, and Boeing went so far as to buy de Havilland Canada to further strengthen their bargaining position, as well as gain access to the feederliner market where they, at that time, had no presence. The contract was eventually won by Airbus in 1988, with an order for 34 Airbus A320s, as well as the sale of some of Air Canada's existing Boeing 747 fleet. Boeing immediately put de Havilland up for sale, thereby putting that company in jeopardy, but the blame for this was generally placed on the government.
The Airbusaffair refers to allegations of secret commissions paid to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and other members of his ministry in exchange for...
Airbus SE (/ˈɛərbʌs/; French: [ɛʁbys] ; German: [ˈɛːɐ̯bʊs] ; Spanish: [ˈejɾβus]) is a European multinational aerospace corporation. The company’s primary...
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2019, at the age of 79. McKnight testified on the first day of the AirbusAffair inquiry on March 30, 2009. He was a Member of the Saskatchewan Order...
the resurgence of Quebec nationalism and accused of corruption in the Airbusaffair, a scandal that came to light only several years after he left office...
lobbying. He was accused accepting secret commissions as part of the Airbusaffair. Born in Carbonear, Newfoundland, Moores was educated at St. Andrew's...
corporation Air Canada's purchase of 34 Airbus jets. It was one of the first full-length works to dig into the AirbusAffair in Canada. The book also documented...
to the Conservative party, the Prime Minister's Office and then-foreign affairs minister John Baird." The Federal Accountability Act is a major anti-corruption...
Federal Minister of Finance of Germany Wolfgang Schäuble as well as the Airbusaffair in Canada, which was linked through allegation to former prime minister...
North American Free Trade Agreement; Nunavut Land Claims Agreement; Airbusaffair. 19 Kim Campbell (b. 1947) 25 June 1993 4 November 1993 Appointment (34th Parl...
position in that field being the chairmanship of the inquiry into the Airbusaffair. He was in 2010 appointed as governor general by then monarch Queen...
IndiGo placed an order for 250 Airbus A320neo aircraft worth $27 billion, making it the largest single order ever in Airbus history. IndiGo announced a ₹3...
in 1988; he saw the company win a lucrative but controversial (see Airbusaffair) contract to supply planes to Air Canada just before his death. Munich's...
inconsistent airspeed indications led to the pilots inadvertently stalling the Airbus A330 serving the flight. They failed to recover the plane from the stall...
paid to Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney are today known as the Airbusaffair. Following its failure in the competition,[citation needed] Boeing immediately...
his work as a writer and editor, especially for his two books on the AirbusAffair, which involved former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, the controversial...
The Airbus Helicopters H225 (formerly Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma) is a long-range passenger transport helicopter developed by Eurocopter as the next generation...
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Mulroney was elected Prime Minister of Canada. He was involved in the Airbusaffair. Born in Grand Étang, Nova Scotia, Doucet received a Bachelor of Science...
including the Airbus A220, Airbus A320neo, Airbus A321neo, Airbus A321LR, Airbus A330neo, and Airbus A350. The company proposed the Airbus A321LR for the...
all-Airbus fleet composed of the following aircraft: Cebu Pacific current fleet Airbus A320-200 Airbus A320neo Airbus A321-200 Airbus A321neo Airbus A330-300...
client Karlheinz Schreiber, who was being questioned in regard to the Airbusaffair involving former PM Brian Mulroney. Lalonde died on May 6, 2023, at...
March 2019, Chang signed an order for 17 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, which was also the country's largest single Airbus purchase agreement. In September 2019...
had an adversarial personal relationship in recent years since the Airbusaffair. The choice of counsel may account for the failure to call some Chrétien...
suspense novel by Tess Gerritsen Presumed Guilty: Brian Mulroney, the AirbusAffair, and the Government of Canada, a 1998 book by William Kaplan Presumed...
corruption and government mismanagement were in the news, such as the Airbusaffair and evidence showing Canadian peacekeepers maltreating Somalis, which...
destinations with a mixed fleet consisting of the narrow-body Airbus A320, Airbus A321 and Airbus A320neo family aircraft, as well as the wide-body Boeing...
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