Boeing says the only major issue to be settled is subsidies for developing new aircraft, known as launch aid.

Another contributing factor was launch aid, or subsidies, for the aerospace companies from their respective governments.

We leapt from rock to rock, trying to synchronise the landing wobble into a launch aid.

Boeing says the only issue is $15 billion in launch aid that Airbus has received over the last 30 years.

What are the benefits of providing launch aid?

Maria has pushed for a commitment from the European Union to stop its support of launch aid.

The Washington State tax breaks would take 20 years to realize, while Airbus gets to munch on launch aid in the here and now.

To me, their position seems to be, 'We'll give up launch aid if you give up something.'

We think we've made our position clear that we have no launch aid to give up.

Airbus maintains that it has not received subsidies but got what it calls "launch aid" in the form of refundable loans offered by governments.