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Imagine Airbus and Boeing have merged on equal terms with no advantage for either Companies.
What types of aircraft would continue to be offered for sale and which types would be discarded??
The African Dude
29th Mar 2006, 12:57
Who says they'd have to stop selling any particular aircraft?
barit1
31st Mar 2006, 00:42
Imagine Airbus and Boeing have merged on equal terms with no advantage for either Companies.
What types of aircraft would continue to be offered for sale and which types would be discarded??
Hypothetical indeed. The only motivation for such a feat would be to eliminate the less profitable products.
737 outsells the A320 series; 777 outsells the A340; 787 is doing well vs A350; 748 is beating the A380, probably for infrastructure reasons.
No contest?
vapilot2004
31st Mar 2006, 03:06
737 outsells the A320 series; 777 outsells the A340; 787 is doing well vs A350; 748 is beating the A380, probably for infrastructure reasons.
Barit1, I'll go along with all of the above stats but one. EDIT - not too sure about the 748/A380 - last I've heard the A380 has all the PAX model orders thus far..........
The A320 beat the 737 in sales this year by a good margin. It is a great aircraft and the airlines seem to love 'em.
With 2600 :eek: of the baby Buses running so far, it'll take a while to hit the mark that Boeing set with the 737 of 5000 airframes and counting. The worldwide fleet of Airbus aircraft has recently reached a grand total of 4200. Not too shabby for the youngest commercial airframer in the league, eh ?
While we're being hypothetical, what about a joint effort on a hypersonic aircraft ?
The A7S7 ? - - :)
Dan Winterland
31st Mar 2006, 07:35
At least the endless Airbus vs Boeing threads on this website will cease!
MarkD
31st Mar 2006, 17:10
well, the only competition would be what, the Chinese and the Russians?
Amazing how for all those years BAe, Lockheed, Douglas, Sud-Aviation, Fokker etc. etc. could all make airliners but now consolidation is king. This has already bitten the US in the hindpart with the lack of home alternatives to the 767 for their tanker replacements.
Even in situations where "better" products exist on paper, airlines still buy others because of their needs (availability of typed pilots, existing fleet/maintenance facilities/spares).
Bottom line - the competition authorities in US/EU and the airlines wouldn't stand for it. So really this original question comes down to "who's best, A388/B748, A350/B787, 737NG/A320" and a consequent A v B flame war.