Delta, American, Southwest, Air France-KLM and British Airways are among a group of airline that have joined in a protest against export credit subsidies for non-home countries that buy Boeing and Airbus aircraft. Airlines located in countries that manufacture the aircraft – so the US, UK, France and Germany – are exempt from tapping the cheap source of finance, which they say is creating an un-level playing field. Although this has always been a source of friction between airlines, the lengthy period of economic downturn, where cheaper finance for airlines has all but dried up, has made the dichotomy all

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