U.S. Slaps Duties on Bombardier's C Series Jet in Win for Boeing

  • Canadian planemaker received subsidies of 220%, Commerce says
  • Delta says it’s still preparing to receive planes next year

Bombardier CS 100.

Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
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The U.S. imposed duties on Bombardier Inc.’s marquee jetliner after Boeing Co. complained that the Canadian company received unfair government help.

Exporters of 100- to 150-seat Canadian aircraft received subsidies worth almost 220 percent, the Commerce Department said Tuesday in Washington. The U.S. will begin collecting preliminary duties to offset the public assistance, a move that would potentially upend Bombardier’s planned deliveries of its C Series jets to Delta Air Lines Inc. next year.