It is a beast of a plane. Airports everywhere quailed at the prospect and raced to make accommodations. Heathrow’s Terminal Three underwent expensive redesign to accommodate the Airbus A380 and Emirates introduced oversized ground equipment in Dubai at its Terminal 3, which initially offered five ...
Which is the better aircraft builder is a thorny question, one that will divide up the comment sections and spur plenty of Facebook discussions. But this article would be amiss if it didn't give an answer to the Boeing vs. Airbus question. If we were to compare both firms, who would b...
The Boeing 747-8 (back) and the Airbus A380 (front). Which is the better option for airlines? With Asia set to be a key driver of ultra-large-aircraft demand,AirbusandBoeingwill be using Asian Aerospace as the ideal showcase for their offerings. Until the emergence of Boeing’s 747-8...
Heck, if you can fly any heavy iron, the fundamentals are the same although the Airbus is fly-by-wire vs most Boeings which have an actual yoke instead of a joystick to control the thing.‘JCS, Captain, American Airlines….12,000 hours.’...
the main problems might be related to a disturbed supply chain delaying scheduled deliveries and forcing Airbus and Boeing to slow down production rates equally. Boeing has a rather big backlog of produced aircraft without an owner, which could be delivered on shorter notice. If it manages its ...
Airbus vs Boeing; market capitalization (March 2024) I just realized mid February that Airbus market capitalization was higher than Boeing’s. At thatpointone was just above $125bn while the other was just below $123bn. This is just a quick post to update those figures with today’s (Marc...
low-density medium-haul routes are spoiled for choice when it comes to choosing aircraft. On one hand, they can choose the narrowbodyAirbus A321XLR, a new aircraft that offers a fantastic fuel economy, or the bigger widebody Boeing 787-8 which has more capacity. But which aircraft is best...
AIRBUS BOEING AIRBUS/BOEINGABSTRACT The airline industry is a competitive environment in which a diversified array of stakeholders constantly strives to gain significant shares of the market. Among them areBoeingandAirbus‚ which are two aircraft manufacturers engaged in a fierce and long-standing riva...
Along with Airbus, Boeing forms one-half of a duopoly that dominates the manufacturing of large passenger planes. Both companies have yearslong backlogs of orders from airlines eager for new, more fuel-efficient planes. And Boeing is a major defense contractor for the Pentagon and governments arou...