Airbus affair
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airbus-affair-175-6255740
title:
Airbus affair
text:
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 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 offe
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Alleged Canadian political scandal
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_affair
date created:
2005-03-05T18:36:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T02:39:41Z
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