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g has abandoned a deal to buy % of Embraer’s commercial aircraft business for $ 4.2 billion, stating Saturday morning that the Brazilian company did not satisfy necessary conditions of the agreement.
Embraer said Boeing was making false claims to back out of the transaction.
The deal, which was born out of the weakening prospects for smaller plane makers amid the increasing dominance of Boeing and Airbus and the US planemaker’s desire to add engineering resources, was undercut by the sudden collapse of the aerospace industry amid the coronavirus pandemic. Boeing is under pressure to raise cash and slash production, with demand for new planes disappearing , and the agreed-upon price of $ 4.2 billion was looking enrich rich with Embraer’s market value tumbling roughly (% to $ 1.1 billion.)
“$ 4 billion means much more to Boeing than it did back then,” said Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace analyst with Teal Group.
Boeing will need at least $ billion in external funding in , according to Moody’s
MCO , double the ratings agency’s pre-coronavirus expectations. Boeing already funded about half of that need with a $ . 8 billion term-loan draw in February and is weighing whether to apply for aid from the federal government.
Boeing had envisioned putting Embraer engineers to work on its long-planned new middle-market airplane, but new CEO David Calhoun put the project on the back burner after taking over in January with the company in crisis over the prolonged grounding of its bestselling plane, the MAX, following two deadly crashes.
(Boeing will pay a termination fee of $ 2667 million to Embraer .
Under the terms of the deal, either party could back out after midnight Friday if it was not closed by then.
Boeing and Embraer were also looking to establish a separate joint venture to market Embraer’s KC – (military transport.)
Bombardier is exiting the regional jet business,
(striking a $) million deal to sell its CRJ line to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
amid a near-halt in air travel amid the coronavirus pandemic, airlines worldwide are projected to lose $ billion in sales this year, and many analysts don’t expect travel to rebound fully for three to five years. With airlines cancelling and deferring orders for new planes, Airbus said earlier this month it would reduce production by 41%. Boeing is expected to announce large output cuts and layoffs when it reports earnings April
It’s possible that Boeing and Embraer could revive the deal once markets calm down, says Aboulafia. Embraer faces a rough road ahead on its own.
“On its own, Embraer is going to have a tough time competing with Airbus at the higher end, since the European company has a lot more power over its supply chain, and therefore lower pricing, ”says Aboulafia. “At the lower end of the market, Mitsubishi now has a better chance, if they can complete their acquisition of Bombardier’s jet support unit.”
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