Sep
03
2024
Usually complex large supplier relationships are handled diplomatically. Not so with Vasu Raja.
The Inside Story: How American Airlines Killed Airbus A350 Deal With A Single Brutal Line
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Airbus’ Stealth Move: Eyeing United’s Boeing 737 MAX 10 Order in High-Stakes Aviation Coup
Jan
26
2024
United Airlines’ CEO pressured for a leadership change at Boeing amidst concerns over the Boeing 737 MAX 10, and the airline has said that they’ve removed their massive order for the planes from their fleet plans. Airbus is attempting to capture the order by offering to buy back delivery slots from current customers.
Airbus Seeking Government Subsidies For New Narrowbody Aircraft
Dec
05
2023
Airbus is looking to subsidies from European governments to develop a replacement for the Airbus A320 family starting in the next decade.
The model that would be used is the “repayable launch investment” where governments get their money back if commercial targets for new aircraft are met.
United Airlines Will Announce Order For 50 More Boeing 787s, 60 Airbus Narrowbodies
Oct
03
2023
At the end of last year United Airlines ordered 100 Boeing 787s with options for 100 more, in addition to ordering 56 Boeing 737 Maxs and exercising options on 44 that were previously ordered as part of a massive buy in 2021.
United is going back to market for even more planes.
Delta Close To Deal To Buy New Airbus A330 And A350 Planes
May
16
2023
Back in October I wrote that, while it wasn’t public at the time, Delta was looking to buy Airbus A350-1000 widebody aircraft. It seemed like a deal could be announced soon, but crickets.
Now the story is heating up with attention by major media that the airline is looking to purchase both Airbus A350-1000s and A330neos.
How American Conservatives Came To Love Europe’s Airbus Over Boeing
Apr
30
2023
When you see arguments that the U.S. ought to model Europe and Airbus in its own economy, that’s not really an argument about Airbus or Boeing it’s an argument by former conservatives who want to use the tools of government towards their own end, so are putting out content to give their switch greater intellectual grounding.
Airbus Puts American Airlines On Blast For Losing Their Luggage, Then Claims To Be Hacked
Apr
06
2023
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus tweeted on Wednesday evening that American Airlines lost their luggage. Someone had flown into Washington, D.C. where Airbus has its headquarters, and the airline failed to deliver their bags – or to send the bags out to the customer when they said to expect them. American Airlines is the largest operator of Airbus aircraft.
In The 90s Chinese Airlines Bought Boeing Because They Thought Airbus Sold Buses
Sep
30
2021
There are great stories – some of them apocryphal – about product names and marketing slogans that don’t work when translated into another language.
Apparently Airbus really did have a problem with its name when selling planes in China in the 1990s. because Chinese airlines thought they sold buses.
Airbus Planes Are Now More Popular Than Boeing Worldwide
Dec
27
2019
OAG data shows that something interesting happened over the last decade. Boeing began dominant, with the 737 outpacing Airbus A320 aircraft in scheduled flights and time in the air – and several Boeing planes cracking the top 10.
At the end of the decade the A320 family was ahead of the 737, and both the Boeing 757 and MD80 had dropped out of the race for dominance in scheduled flights. The Boeing 777 became more popular, and 787s spend more time in the air than Airbus A350s. However the 767 is slowly fading from the scene.
The Emirates A350 Deal Shows Why to Treat Aircraft Order Announcements With Skepticism
Nov
18
2019
At the Dubai Air Show Emirates placed a firm order for 50 Airbus A350-900s “at $16 billion in list prices. Deliveries will start in May 2023 and run until 2028.”
Great news for Airbus? No, not really.
