Bombardier’s Win May Prod Airbus, Boeing to Upgrade Engines

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-26/bombardier-s-win-may-prod-airbus-boeing-to-upgrade-engines.html

Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Bombardier Inc.'s $3.06 billion order for its new CSeries jetliner may add pressure on the only larger planemakers to offer more fuel-efficient engines for their competing models, the Boeing Co. 737 and Airbus SAS A320.

"This is a solid hit for the CSeries," said Richard Aboulafia, an analyst at Teal Group in Fairfax, Virginia. It "will almost certainly precipitate" a decision by Airbus and Boeing on offering new engines for their single-aisle aircraft.