Airbus, the European aircraft manufacturer is giving a tough competition to the American jet airliner company Boeing. Boeing is an airline powerhouse manufacturing world’s best airliners.
On the contrary Airbus is a bit player surviving on the supported welfare programs.Other key players in global aerospace industry such as Conair and Lockheed from USA and Fokker in Europe pulled out because of the economic problems. The Airbus started competition with well established Boeing by introducing some advance technologies in 1970s.Airbus A300 made use of more composite materials and also provided automatic flight engineering functions (the A200).Airbus started eating Boeings market share and soon in December 1996 airbus’s market share was 35% and was growing fast. The A380 model of the airbus being slightly bigger as compared to Boeing 747 generated more income.
Airbus dawdled more months on the assembly of the jet liners. The airbus A380 is sleek, quick, and pretty and also capable of long outings. Airbus 380’s costs of operations are cited 15 to 19 percent lower per seat as compared to that of Boeing.More seating capacity, less emission of unwanted gases, less noise, and claims of more fuel efficiency helped airbus to steel few market shares of Boeing.Boeing 747 the jumbo jet is a double deck aircraft consists of many advanced technologies. The 747-400F was first sold to air France in 1989.
The latest version of 747 i.e. 747-400 can fly 416 to 524 passengers and it is available in four different models.It incorporates aerodynamic improvements, new avionics, improved fuel efficiency, provides the latest in flight entertainment system and improved safety measures. All these reasons made possible for the Boeing 747 to enjoy dominance in the market.
