Embraer Mulls WTO Claim Against Bombardier

Embraer SA, the Brazilian maker of regional jets, may ask the World Trade Organization (WTO) to probe whether government subsidies enabled Canada’s Bombardier Inc. to offer its C Series aircraft to Delta Air Lines Inc. at below the production cost.

Delta agreed last month to buy at least 75 of Bombardier’s state-of-the-art jetliners, an order valued at $5.6 billion based on list prices. The Canadian planemaker has a $1 billion commitment for investment from Quebec’s government and is negotiating for federal aid as well.

“This causes too big of a distortion in the market,” Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva, head ...