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Boeing ba and Bombardier bombf traded barbs on Monday over the U.S. planemaker’s claim that its Canadian rival benefited from billions of dollars in illegal government subsidies and dumped its newest jetliner in the United States at below cost.

At a contentious hearing of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Boeing accused Bombardier of harming its ability to sell 737s in the U.S. market, in one of the final stages of a bitter trade dispute due to conclude in February.

Bombardier argued Boeing‘s large 737 order book shows there has been no adverse impact from its CSeries jet and that the U.S. planemaker does not manufacture a jet that competes with the new model.

“Boeing is making money hand over fist. And with a backlog of 737 orders years into the future, there are no signs of difficulty on the horizon,” Bombardier representative Peter Lichtenbaum said.

If the ITC sides with Boeing, as it has so far, it could effectively keep U.S. airlines from using Bombardier’s CSeries jet by imposing duties of nearly 300 percent, one of the largest ever imposed for a market-based economy, Boeing said.

“These investigations have already established beyond question that Bombardier has taken billions of dollars in illegal government subsidies to prop up its C Series program. The

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Nostalgia is flowing freely in the skies this week as Delta Air Lines takes its remaining Boeing 747 jumbo jets on a farewell tour. They’re the last of the iconic jumbos in U.S. passenger service. The swan song stopped at Delta’s main hubs, including SeaTac. It also landed at the jet’s birthplace, Boeing’s wide body assembly plant in Everett.

Plane spotters staked out high ground by the runway to get one last shot of a Delta Air Lines 747 before the last of the fleet goes to an aircraft boneyard in the Arizona desert.

Then hundreds of Boeing workers, aviation enthusiasts and Delta Air Lines staff gathered for a short ceremony to bid farewell to the “Queen of the Skies.” They later went outside to sign their names on the belly or engine cowlings of the parked jumbo jet.

Boeing assembly worker Bill Dunn helped build this model series, the 747-400.

“It’s just kinda surprising,” said Dunn. “It doesn’t seem that old. It’s what, 18 years old? And they’re already putting it to pasture,” he said with a bemused chuckle.

Dunn can still muster a sense of wonder at the mammoth, four-engine jet with its distinctive hump behind the nose.

“It’s truly still amazing that something that big can fly,” he said. “It still boggles the mind.”

Delta Air Lines will replace its retiring 747s with more fuel efficient twin-engine wide body jets such as the Boeing 777 and the new Airbus A350. Tony Gonchar is Delta’s Vice President for Seattle.

“In addition to fuel efficiency, the new

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