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http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/JKSAS.2006.34.6.098

Comparison of Development and Marketing Strategies of Airbus and Boeing  

송춘영 (한국항공대학교)
허희영 (한국항공대학교)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences / v.34, no.6, 2006 , pp. 98-116 More about this Journal
Abstract
For the next two decades the civil aviation industry is expected to grow. Both Airbus and Boeing predict a delivery of almost 20,000 new Large Civil Aircraft (LCA). LCA is defined as a large civil jet aircraft with 100 seats or more. Airbus offers the Superjumbo, A380 (>555 seats), while Boeing presents the Dreamliner, B787 (200 – 300 seats). Their philosophies are very different. In the wake of B787, Airbus intends to offer a new aircraft, A350, as the competitor against B787, with the same engines developed for B787. The U.S. government pushed by Boeing, on the day of October 6, 2004, filed a suit against Airbus for wrongful subsidy to the World Trade Organization (WTO). A brief overview is given on the LCA development status in the world commercial aircraft market. Since there have been little changes in engine and avionics manufacturers in the LCA industry, the airframe area only is the object of this study. An analysis is carried out to find out the differences in development and marketing strategies of two major LCA manufacturers, Airbus and Boeing. The authors predict that Boeing will recapture its No. 1 position soon, while the leading edge in technology may be slipped away from Boeing.
Keywords
LCA; A380; B787; A350,subsidies; WTO; Airbus; Boeing;
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