Not surprisingly, it is originally from Bombardier.
The US, no the world, desperately needs more competition and other plane builders.
Given the choice though I’d fly on an airbus with lower passenger comfort than any recent Boeing.
I never used to look at what aircraft it was but now I do and I avoid Boeing, that’s a strategic failure, don’t make customers think is a good rule.
The A320 / A320neo has nothing to do with Bombardier.
I know next to nothing about aviation or economics, but my gut feeling is a plane with ~80 seats for international flights will be expensive.
Also, it sounds like a lot of GHG emissions per passenger-mile.