Spirit, Sun Country come to Bombardier’s side in Boeing remedy cases

Two U.S. airline companies -- Spirit and Sun Country -- are siding with Bombardier in antidumping and countervailing duty investigations called for by Boeing, arguing that duties on the Canadian aircraft maker would upset competition, raise ticket prices and inhibit future purchases of Bombardier planes featuring new engine technology. Spirit, in an Aug. 8 letter from its executive vice president and chief financial officer, Edward Christie, to the chair of the International Trade Commission Rhonda Schmidtlein, said that while it...