Background: Airbus Industrie (Airbus) was founded as a consortium of several aerospace companies spread across several countries that combined their resources and technologies to produce a competitive line of commercial aircraft. Over the years the company developed a reputation for being innovative in design and technology. In 1990‚ Airbus in conjunction with Boeing began a feasibility study to create a jumbo jet‚ but Boeing withdrew due to cost and uncertainty in demand. Airbus was interested
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1. Airbus is interested in developing the A3XX because its sees a future need for super jumbo jets. Airbus reasons that as the number of passengers increase‚ airlines will eventually be unable to add more routes in their flight schedules and will favor planes with higher passenger capacity. Airbus predicts that the VLA market will have a demand for 1‚550 planes over a 20-year period (till 2019). In addition to the demand for jets having increased passenger carrying capacity‚ Airbus also had the following
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INTRODUCTION Until 1980‚ the American manufacturers in the aerospace industry enjoyed an exclusive control of the aerospace industry despite the entry of the European-based Airbus industry in the late 1960s. The American manufacturers dominated the industry at the time that it was difficult for the European manufacturers to compete‚ but just like all industries resources and capabilities are fundamental building blocks for a firm’s strategy. Some business organizations especially those in the airline
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Airbus A3XX: Developing the World’s Largest Commercial Jet Introduction: From its inception in 1970‚ Airbus has maintained a reputation for innovative design and technology. Airbus has employed a “fly-by-wire” technology on all of its planes as an efficient alternative to computerized control for mechanical linkages. In addition‚ Airbus streamlined operations and features that have lead to better pilot utilization and lower training costs. These advances help explain why Airbus had received over
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Airbus A3XX case study Group E10‚ MBA 2011 Airbus A3XX case study‚ Group E10 Airbus objectives Both Airbus and Boeing‚ as well as industry experts expected worldwide passenger traffic to grow at an average annual growth rate of 4.8-4.9% for the next 20 years (up until 2019). Given that the traffic was expected to almost triple in volume‚ both manufacturers expected a significant increase in aircraft sales‚ although their views on the market structure were different. Airbus expected hub-to-hub
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In the Airbus case we are faced with a capital budgeting decision. It is the planning process used to determine whether a firm’s long term investments such as new machinery‚ replacement machinery‚ new plants‚ new products‚ and research development projects are worth pursuing. It is budget for major capital‚ or investment‚ expenditures. Capital budgeting decisions are crucial to a firm’s success for several reasons. First‚ capital expenditures typically require large outlays of funds. Second‚ firms
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Strategic Management Airbus Analysis Executive Summary The goal of the following report is to provide a detailed analysis of Airbus using the following analytical tools: PESTEL‚ Stakeholder‚ SWOT‚ Porters Five Forces‚ VRINE‚ and Porters model of competitive advantage. In this report I will describe how each analysis supports the decisions of Airbus and helps identify any problems or issues facing Airbus based on the outcome of each analysis. This report will
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Case Study: Airbus A3XX 1. Airbus considers building the A3XX a great opportunity to help the company enters VLA market‚ in order to increase competitive ability and make profits. There are three main perspectives to support this project: (1). A3XXX is the solution to meet increasing demand; As for increasing the according carrying capacity‚ Airbus believes that it is more realistic to develop “Very Large Aircraft” rather than to increase aircrafts frequency or to enlarge airport size. Industry
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Simplified Valuation Analysis for the Airbus A3XX Key Assumptions as of 2008 Price per Plane Number of Planes Operating Margin $225 40 17.5% Discount Rate Assumptions (a) Risk-free Rate 6.0% 10-year US Treasury yield (p. 8) Asset Beta 0.84 Risk Premium 6.0% Discount Rate 11.0% in millions General Assumptions as of 2000 Inflation Rate 2.0% Tax Rate 38.0% Results from the Model NPV = After-tax IRR = Pre-tax IRR = # planes sold by 2019 Capacity Constraint Violated? Required Investment as of 2000
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Case: Airbus A3XX: Developing the World’s Largest Commercial Largest Commercial Jet Question: 1. Who own Airbus? Who owns Boeing? a. Airbus- EADS (Germany‚ France‚ England & Spain – financially more stable)‚ Boeing (100% public-listed company – there’s shareholders issues‚ tendency when bankruptcy happens it will close shop) (3rd smaller‚ McDouglas) 2. What is the difference between Airbus and Boeing? Strategically‚ how important is the very large (VLA) aircraft market to the
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