Charles Alcock is managing editor of the AIN Media Group, having rejoined the company in 2019. He has been an aviation journalist since 1986, and previously worked for AIN from 1990 to 2017, most recently as editor-in-chief. His main focus is on covering new aviation technology and business models, as well as international news.
Having been raised in the London area, Alcock studied at the University of Manchester in the UK and earned an honors degree in Politics and Modern History. He speaks English and French, and some German.

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Charles Alcock

Boeing has agreed to pay Embraer $150 million to settle a long-running dispute over the circumstances in which the U.S. aerospace group backed out of a $4.2 billion deal to buy an 80% stake in the Brazilian airframer’s commercial airliner business. In a <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355444/000129281424003476/erj20240916_6k.htm">Securities and Exchange Commission</a> filing late on Monday, Embraer confirmed the resolution of <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2020-04-27/embraer-files-arbitration-over-failed-boeing-tie">an arbitration process</a> it initiated on April 27, 2020.
Embraer and Boeing announced the planned master transaction agreement in July 2018. In October 2019, the European Commission launched an <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2019-10-03/ec-opens-depth-probe-boeing-embraer-combination">anti-trust investigation</a> into the takeover, prompting a delay that spilled over into the start of the Covid pandemic in 2020.
On April 25, 2020, Boeing confirmed that it was <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2020-04-25/boeing-pulls-out-planned-embraer-tie">withdrawing from the deal</a> after the terms had expired the previous day, stating that Embraer had not agreed to terms that could have extended the process. Embraer issued a firm <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2020-04-25/embraer-fires-back-after-boeing-nixes-merger-deal">rebuttal of Boeing’s statement</a>, accusing the U.S. company of engaging “in a systematic pattern and repeated violations” of the agreement.
Over the past four years, Embraer has pursued a <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aerospace/2024-07-18/embraer-consigns-failed-boeing-merger-distant-memory">revamped strategy</a> based on producing aircraft for the commercial air transport, business aviation, and defense sectors. It has also targeted the emerging advanced air mobility market through eVTOL aircraft developer Eve Air Mobility, which was spawned from its technology incubator unit.

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An arbitration process to resolve a dispute over the collapsed deal for Boeing to buy an 80% stake in Embraer's commercial airliner business has been settled.

Boeing Pays Embraer $150M To Settle Buyout Dispute

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