The Airbus A380 is a double-deck‚ wide-body‚ four-engine jet airliner manufactured by Airbus. It is the world’s largest passenger airliner‚ and the airports at which it operates have upgraded facilities to accommodate it. It was initially named Airbus A3XX and designed to challenge Boeing’s monopoly in the large-aircraft market. The A380 made its first flight on 27 April 2005 and entered commercial service in October 2007 with Singapore Airlines. The airline with the most number of A380s is Emirates
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Overview of Boeing The Boeing Company is the world ’s largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense‚ space and security systems. A top U.S. exporter‚ the company supports airlines and U.S. and allied government customers in 150 countries. Boeing products and tailored services include commercial and military aircraft‚ satellites‚ weapons‚ electronic and defense systems‚ launch systems‚ advanced information and communication systems‚ and performance-based
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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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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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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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The Boeing 7E7 Summary and Objectives (This case contains a spreadsheet) The objective of the case is to evaluate the development of 7E7‚ a new commercial aircraft. Boeing operates in two different business segments‚ a commercial-aircraft business segment and a defense system segment. Now the commercial-aircraft segment is facing stiff competition from Airbus and losing its advantage. Boeing executives wish to come up with a more flexible and fuel efficient jetliner to regain market share.
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have a direct impact on the variables used in calculating WACC. Such variables include the term structure of interest rate‚ the risk free rate‚ the beta‚ the market risk premium‚ the firm’s marginal tax rate‚ and its capital structure. Since Boeing has two business componentsdefense and commercialfirst begin by determining the unlevered beta for its commercial component. This is accomplished by comparing Lockheed and Northrop’s average unlevered beta which was .48 . The next step is to derive
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implementing strategic planning and then integrated strategic planning to address productivity. Through GE’s engagement of McKinsey & Co. they devised a structure of Strategic Business Units along with Portfolio Planning. The development of strategic business units allowed the company to stay competitive in their respective industries by acting somewhat autonomously from GE Corporate. In the restructured GE‚ the SBUs were responsible for identifying crossovers to expand their competitive position by utilizing
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Week 6 Assignment: Airbus Duy Pham MGT 3303 Chris Zigrossi 10/11/2012 Airbus is a well-known commercial and military aircraft manufacturer throughout the world. Airbus prides itself on quality and safety. According to Airbus‚ “Airbus’ mission is to meet the needs of airlines and operators by producing the most modern and comprehensive aircraft family on the market‚ complemented by the highest standard of product
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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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