Delta Plays Hardball, Refuses To Pay Tariffs On New Airbus Airplanes - Delta

Delta Plays Hardball, Refuses To Pay Tariffs On New Airbus Airplanes

Ben Schlappig — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:50:10 +0000

Delta Air Lines’ upcoming aircraft deliveries are going to get interesting. The airline has a massive order book with Airbus, but insists that it won’t be paying tariffs on these aircraft.

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Tommy-Dumm Delta — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:21:47 +0000

Andrew, Your erudite opinion(s) is much appreciated...

Joe United — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 10:32:46 +0000

Timmy!!!!!!!!!

Captain Midnight — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:29:59 +0000

Tarrifs are paid by the importer recieving the goods when they cross the border. The manufacturer is never billed or informed of the tarrif.

ImmortalSynn — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 07:47:57 +0000

"so Bastian was doing what was necessary to gain his approval." Except that Bastian was doing that 2yrs+ before Trump was elected again, let alone inaugurated. He was blathering on back in 2022 about how much better things were under the (at the time) previous (Trump) administration, and never stopped talking about how much he was looking forward to a change in administrative approach, during the Biden years.

Albert — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 23:28:55 +0000

Contracts specify who pays tariffs and duties. There is a term that can be included which is referred to as Deliver Duty Paid, in which case it's the seller, but those are quite rare. If you buy from abroad on Amazon or Ebay then the contract says it's the Buyer, but for small changes Sellers often don't want to offend buyers. On Alibaba it's usually the Buyer. In most commerical contracts the importer is the Buyer. The fact that Bastian is talking like this tells us that on these contracts it's the Buyer.

Jeff Keeth — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 21:07:57 +0000

Ed, I've had your back 100% since I retired from DAL. PLEASE don't tell me you voted for the orange POS. I'd be so upset, brother.

Davie — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 16:17:43 +0000

Tariffs on Airbus products are supposed to encourage purchase of the U.S. alternative, ie Boeing. Airlines aren't retreating from Boeing due to unfair foreign competition. They're retreating because, compared with Airbus products and procedures, Boeing sucks, putting profit above quality. It's a similar tale for other manufacturers who can't compete with foreign products because the commitment to quality, integrity and service is not part of the U.S. corporate ethic.

FlyerDon — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 04:44:29 +0000

Any chance you are confusing tariffs with duties? Duties are very common on electronics coming from Asian countries and it sounds like that is what you paid. Tariffs are different and, up till now, there has not been a tariff placed on a civil aircraft in nearly 50 years. It’s still not clear to anyone, including the CBP, what the tariff will be on a 321 assembled in Germany versus one assembled in Alabama. What an unnecessary mess.

kimshep — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 01:14:26 +0000

Agreed 100%, Ben ! .. and it is just not only a 'blanket' 10% ! - The USA exports massive amounts of product to Australia and the trade balance is unequivocally in the USA's favour. - Despite Australia and the USA having had a Free Trade agreement between both countries for more than 10 years, reciprocity apparently means 'everyone' now. - Heard Island and McMurdo Island in the Antarctic have no living human beings resident on them - only penguins and native wildlife. Control handed by UK to Australia back in 1947. I wonder how the penguins will react to their new 10% tariff ? Life is indeed odd.