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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Boeing versus Airbus 1. Do you believe Airbus could have become a viable competitor without subsidies? Given the competitive dynamics in the commercial aircraft industry‚ it is not likely that Airbus could have become a viable competitor without subsidies. These dynamics include investment costs in the billions for research and development of a new airliner‚ long break-even times‚ significant experience curve on the manufacturing side‚ and the highly volatile demand for aircraft. Due
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Project Economics/ Feasibility The demand for very large aircraft (VLA) which is forecasted to be around 1550 planes including passenger jumbo jets and freight carriers in the next 20 year period provides an opportunity for Airbus to capture this market with its A3XX. The cash flow and commercial viability is analysed below. Discount Rate: 6% + 0.84*6 = 11.04% Growth Rate: 2% = inflation Tax Rate = 38% Year Units Sold Free Cash Flow PV of Cash Flow 2001 0 $ -682.00 $ -682.00 2002 0 $ -1
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Chapter 3 The Political and Legal Environments Facing Business Political and legal systems across countries both coverage and vary. The cultural‚ political and leal‚ and economic systems create the potential benefits costs‚ and challenges of the business environment in a country. Political systems can be assessed according to two dimensions: the degree to which they emphasize collectivism as opposes to individualism‚ and the degree to which they are democratic as opposed to totalitarian.
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The idea of a jumbo airliner being capable of seating over 500 people almost seemed unreal. That is‚ until Airbus came along. This idea for the jumbo plane started as a joint venture with Boeing‚ but after it started Boeing backed out because of high costs and speculation of demand. Airbus pushed along and in 1999‚ they completed to rough draft of this plane. The problem with this plane that was obvious was first the overall cost of the plane. It was estimated to cost about 13 billion to launch.
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Case Study of Airbus Amy West‚ Kylie Herriman‚ Gerrie Johnson‚ Ruth Littleton OPS/571 November 14‚ 2011 Doug Spunaugle Case Study of Airbus Introduction Airbus was first established as a consortium in 1967 when the French‚ German‚ and British government created a consortium to build European aircrafts. The originating goal was to challenge the American domination in the aerospace industry. They are headquartered in Toulouse‚ France
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aIRBUS AND bOEING: a cOMPARISON by Jeffrey Everette Hardee A Paper Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for PUP 598 - Air Transportation and Regulation ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY September 2004 It may be argued that the next major challenge in the business of air transportation‚ beyond the invention of heavier-than-air flight and jet-powered planes‚ is the worldwide separation of the market between two mega-corporations. Airbus and Boeing currently dominate about 90%
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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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Airbus vs. Boeing Case Analysis What would be the value of a new VLCT to both companies? In order to value the market for VLCT‚ we constructed a financial model using minimal assumptions and no outside data (See Exhibit 1). In terms of the qualitative benefits for both: * Monopoly status on VLCT market * Douglas eliminated as competition * Significantly raise barriers for new industry entrants MAJOR ASSUMPTION: This evaluation of VLCT based on each company developing the aircraft
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could pose as a strategic opportunity for Airbus which it could utilize to build a competitive advantage combined with its technological resources and capabilities. However‚ its assumptions of a drastic increase in VLAs demanded in next 20 years along with its ability to satisfy most of this are too optimistic. Provided that these assumptions (inc. breakeven points‚ initial order requirements) are normalized‚ A3XX is a project worthy to pursue for Airbus in order to exploit a neglected spot on the
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