Case Study: Boeing versus Airbus: Two Decades of Trade Disputes The Boeing-McDonnell Douglas Merger As the two largest producers in the commercial aircraft industry‚ Boeing and Airbus have been in a long rivalry for over two decades. Because of its huge research and development cost and a volatile market demand situation‚ the large commercial aircraft industry has only a few viable producers that can successfully operate in this industry. At the end of 1996‚ there were three competitors in the
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It had been a long time since Iberia had bought Boeing. He went to great lengths to bring the Boeing folks into the bidding contest including offering to fly the 14 hours to Seattle. Another stroke of genius was to bring the used Singapore Airlines 747s into consideration. He also had done a good job during the 1995 (another bad market year for the aircraft makers) negotiations with Airbus by including the resale price guarantees. Bright (Boeing) was in trouble from the start. But‚ in a down market
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Jet Airways is the largest Indian airline based out of Mumbai‚ Maharashtra. It operates over 400 flights daily to 76 destinations worldwide. Its main hub is Mumbai‚ with secondary hubs at Delhi‚ Chennai‚ Cochin‚ Ahmedabad‚ Bengaluru and Kolkata.[1] It has an international hub at Brussels Airport‚ Belgium. Jet Airways is owned by Naresh Goyal In October 2008 Jet Airways laid off 1‚900 of its employees‚ resulting in the largest lay-off in the history of Indian aviation.[7] However the employees were
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1. Competitive nature of market (Airbus vs. Boeing) The commercial aviation world has been dominated for years by the sales conflict between Boeing ’s 787 Dreamliner and Airbus ’s A380 • Airbus A380 – Double of the 787 Dreamliner passengers • 787 Dreamliner – Half of Airbus’ passengers 2. Cost per unit By the end of 2004‚ customer-announced orders and commitments for the 787 reached 237 aircraft. Boeing initially priced the 787-8 variant at US$120 million‚ a
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New Support Strategy Values Customer Service Airbus is building a new support strategy where customers pay for a significant portion of purchased services with data collected during operations. In a press briefing last December at the aircraft manufacturer’s headquarters in Toulouse‚ France‚ executives from Airbus’s customer services team explained that rather than becoming a standalone business unit‚ integrated customer support can help make Airbus airplanes more attractive. In addition‚ they outlined
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However‚ the efficiency of the airplane is not compromised as the Rolls Royce Trent XWB engine’s propulsion system allows it to reach speeds up to over 900 km/h (Airbus‚ 2016). Speed varies with aircraft mass‚ altitude and temperature (Skybrary‚ 2013). Increased mass decreases the ability for the aircraft to gain a higher altitude. Travelling at lower altitudes means higher temperatures‚ which decrease the maximum
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Aircraft Winglets Many of us who fly regularly have most probably seen a so-called winglet or wingtip device at the end of the wing of an airliner at least once. It is showing up more and more often on more and more types of aircraft‚ thus we felt it’s time to give an overview to our readers about these sometimes funny‚ sometimes cool and stylish looking aircraft parts. History‚ Reason and Benefits The initial theoretical concept goes back to times before even the Wright Brothers first took to
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Our World | Headquarters | Airline Centre‚ Bandaranaike International Airport‚‚ Katunayake‚ Sri Lanka[7] | Key people | Nishantha Wickramasinghe (Chairman)[8] Kapila Chandrasena (CEO)[8] | Website | www.srilankan.com | Srilankan Airlines Airbus A320 parked atTiruchirappalli Airport (VOTR) SriLankan Airlines Limited (Sinhala:ශ්රී ලන්කන් ගුවන් සේවය‚ Tamil: சிறீலங்கன் எயர்லைன்ஸ்) (previously known as Air Lanka) is the flag carrier of Sri Lanka. It operates to destinations in Asia and Europe
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Another force is power of suppliers. Power of the suppliers is important as it will affect the industry. In airline industry‚ the power of suppliers is quite high since there are only two major suppliers which are Airbus and Boeing hence there are not many choices to airline industry. Nevertheless‚ the global economic crisis has limited the new entrant and also reducing the upgrade of planes in the immediate future. However‚ both suppliers provide almost same standard aircraft and hence the switching
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