Raja, then a senior vice president of American Airlines, had once told Airbus that the airline was not interested in taking its A350 aircraft ... to a low-cost carrier model.

Airbus has reached a definitive agreement to take over several work packages from US-based Spirit AeroSystems, including A350 fuselage and A220 wing production.

While you may already know this, you may NOT know about American Airlines’ decision to turn down the Airbus A350 - and one particular individual who made this decision.