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sri lankan airlines airbus scandal and the death of kapila chandrasena and my brother rajeewa

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AI insight
AI-generatedThe article discusses the Airbus bribery scandal involving SriLankan Airlines, leading to financial penalties and reputational damage. The commercial mechanism is regulatory/legal, with fines and order cancellations affecting airline and aircraft manufacturer margins. Impact is company-specific and supply-chain-specific, not global.
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- SriLankan Airlines incurred a USD 140 million penalty from cancellation of an aircraft order in 2015.
- Airbus failed to prevent bribery in aircraft procurement between July 2011 and June 2015.
- Airbus penalties totaled nearly EUR 4 billion globally.
- Alleged bribery of USD 2 million related to aircraft procurement.
- UK Serious Fraud Office investigated the Airbus scandal.
