“The company has said it will take its chance in a fair contest, but gerrymandering conditions have been imposed so that the only outcome is a win for Boeing with a vastly inferior plane,” said Mr Tami.
“I know that Prime Minister Gordon Brown has taken this up with President Obama, in the hope of reaching a position where every bidder is given a fair chance.”
European Union trade commissioner Karel De Gucht said it was “highly regrettable that a major potential supplier would feel unable to bid for a contract of this type”.
EADS yesterday posted a 2009 net loss of £690m and an operating loss of £290m, a far cry from net profit of £1.4bn and an operating surplus of £2.5bn in 2008.
The group said it had taken charges on its A400M military transport plane it is making for European governments and its A380 superjumbo. It added that it had also suffered exceptional foreign exchange effects.
Airbus said yesterday that it will increase the monthly production rate for its best-selling A320 family.
