4/07/2005

Watch out Boeing here comes Airbus

Watch out Boeing here comes Airbus. The much awaited test flight of the worlds largest passenger plane is just around the corner. In the article “World’s largest passenger plane in ground tests” says that the double-decker Airbus A380 will make its first test flight later this month. This could be a major set back for our domestic aircraft manufacture Boeing. I only hope that Boeing has something up their sleeve to respond soon.

1 comment:

Dr. Tufte said...

-2 on Eric's post and -1 on Vincent's comment for spelling errors.

There is some decent game theory. Boeing has conceded the jumbo-jet market to Airbus in favor of smaller, faster, more fuel efficient airplanes.

Also, don't forget that Airbus has historically been heavily subsidized, and this is one of the primary reasons that other jet manufacturers (like Lockheed and McDonnell-Douglas) have gone out of business.