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Yes I also agree that Boeing's are better; 1.I've just been to Dubai on a Boeing and loved it. There
was so much inflight entertainment (this was with the airline Fly Emirates) the journey was half an
hour under schedule which was great and it made you feel like you were part of royalty. But with the
Airbus on the way back (again with Fly Emirates Airlines) the inflight had 19 TV and Movies compared
to the couple of hundred on the Boeing. The sound and picture quality also dissapointed me and I
believe the flight was longer and the service were not as dressed up and not as prepared. |
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Yeah as you can see above i agree, i don't think that Airbus has really hit the Aviation Industry as
hard and haven't made any plane (besides the developing A380) as world renowned as Boeing, Boeing
has made the 747, and the Super Hornet, and have rights to the F15 Eagle so yeah i think that they
are a better company than Airbus! |
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Wow, Mackenzie sure is knowledgeable!
I agree, Boeing is an older company than Airbus, and therefore has more experience in the aerospace
business. They developed the greatest, most well known aircraft in the world - from the mighty 747
to the agile and popular F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, to the well-known C-17 Globemaster III heavy
transport aircraft.
They are also working in tandem with Lockheed Martin in producing the F-22 Raptor. Their revenue at
the end of the 2006 Financial Year was US$61.5 billion.
They have merged with the major aircraft company McDonnell Douglas, and therefore acquired the
rights to the MD airliner series, as well as the F-4 Phantom, F-15 Eagle and AH-64 Apache.
Looking at this basic overview, Boeing is clearly a better aerospace design, development and
manufacturing company than Airbus. |
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In recent years, Boeing has done a better job than Airbus in terms of delivering manufactured
aircraft on time. Airbus has made a bit of a mess of its new, wide-bodied jumbo-jet, the A-380,
which is considered to be the largest commercial airplane in the world, and also the most
innovative. Singapore Airlines was the first carrier to submit a major order for these planes and
also the first airline to start flying them on select long-haul routes. Yet the delivery of these
airplanes was delayed by several months and Airbus also went over budget by the time the aircraft
were completed.
Airbus and Boeing also seem to have very different visions of the future, when it comes to the
commercial aviation industry. Airbus incorrectly thinks that most passengers will continue to fly
from smaller airports to larger ones in order to catch connecting flights. This approach is called
"hub and spoke." Boeing, on the other hand, got is right when it determined that an increasing
number of people will fly direct and bypass busy hubs, as airlines start to offer more direct routes
from smaller airports. Additionally, Boeing's new plane, the B-787 Dreamliner, may not be as large
as the A-380, but it is more fuel efficient, has more standing room in cabins, nicer washrooms and
an improved climate-control system to ensure that the air is not quite so dry. |
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31 Mar 2008 15:50
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