Airbus is trying to break Boeing's monopoly at American Airlines, which is considering an order of 250 passenger planes, The Wall Street Journal reported late Monday.
Citing unnamed people familiar with industry proposals, the newspaper said Airbus had assembled a team of lenders and leasing firms to help it dangle almost $6 billion in preferential financing before American Airlines.
Airbus's offer has a catalog value of almost $23 billion, but that is being heavily discounted, the report said.
The unit of European Aeronautics Defense & Space Co. is offering American 130 of the current-generation A320s and 130 of the more fuel-efficient A320neos, the paper noted.
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