9 October 2012 Global Aircraft Competition In recent history‚ the global aircraft manufacturing and assembly has been controlled by two companies. The first of these companies‚ Boeing‚ was founded in 1916 in the Northwest United States and still survives today. Their direct competition‚ Airbus‚ was created in 1970 and by 1981‚ was controlled by France‚ Germany‚ Spain and Britain with support from the European Union. Today‚ many issues plague these two companies as they struggle to maintain their
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Airbus versus Boeing: When is Intervention Not Intervention? 1. Where do you stand? Do you think the EU subsidies and soft loans to Airbus are fair? Why or why not? What advantages does Airbus gain from free financial support from the EU governments? Are complaints about the EU government intervention fair in light of Europe’s long history of democratic socialism? I think that the subsidies and soft loans provided to Airbus are unfair and provide them with an unfair competitive advantage
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MBA 654 Case 10.1 Boeing & Airbus Robin Grouette 1. The overall strategy for Boeing seems to be focused more on customization and efficiency rather than size. With the focus of the 787 Dreamliner being that of long range with smaller passenger capacity‚ Boeing is anticipating that more direct routes to international cities will be developed rather than the typical hub and spoke routes which currently dominate the airline industry. Airbus’ overall strategy is focused more on the hub
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1. Why is Airbus interested in building the A3XX? What are its objectives? Airbus predicts that there would be demand for more than 1500 super jumbos over the next 20 years that would generate sales in excess of $350 billion. And they could sell as many as 750 over jumbos over the next 20 years with a break even on undiscounted cash flow basis with the sales of only 250 planes. There is a huge profit in this business if Airbus succeeds in the industrial launch of A3XX jumbo jets. In addition‚
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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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compete deters new entrants. 2. Substitutes: Low. There are several substitutes available like cruise‚ buses‚ cars‚ trains or not traveling at all. However‚ these options can’t compete with flying because the price-performance trade-off in this case is not attractive. 3. Bargaining Power of Suppliers: Low – Moderate. The supplier group in this industry is fragmented‚ so it is relatively easy for the aircraft manufacturers to switch suppliers. However‚ some parts require a high degree of
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Management 4p90 | The Rise of Airbus‚ 1970-2005 | Professor: AUSTIN‚ B | | Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction – Airbus’s history‚ development‚ and growth 3 2.0 Internal strengths and weaknesses 4 3.0 External environment 6 4.0 SWOT Analysis 9 5.0 Corporate-level strategy 10 6.0 Business-level strategy 12 7.0 Structure and control systems 15 8.0 Strategy Recommendations 18 1.0 Introduction Airbus is one of the world ’s leading
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Summary Airbus and Boeing are competitors in the aircraft industry as both of the companies are aircraft manufacturers. Boeing was actually founded in 1916 in Seattle earlier than Airbus and got huge support from US government. It was a dominant player in the global manufacturing industry in the 1960’s together with McDonnell Douglas. Meanwhile Airbus was founded in 1970s by four countries which are France‚ Germany‚ Spain and United Kingdom. These countries have supported Airbus from its establishment
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Market Share In the last decade‚ market share of Airbus and Boeing have largely been overlapping. Last year‚ Airbus had 833 orders‚ significantly less than Boeing’s 1203. However‚ this year so far Airbus has fared considerably better‚ receiving 410 orders whereas Boeing so far has 203. Market Price and stock: The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS.PA) is the dominant aerospace company in Europe today. Its largest subsidiary‚ Airbus S.A.S.‚ is an aircraft manufacturing company 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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