Airbus claims victory in jet war

[CMC Airboss]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
Yes, Boeing is still giggling that they're accountants suddenly went from a total of 878 (when we announced that we were nearing 1,000) to 1,055 in 5 weeks times.

Now, how many of those were twin isle, and how many single isle?  Boeing outsold twin to single 2-1, and that, my friend, is where the money is.

It is interesting that Airbus stated that a late December 150-airplane order from China helped push them over the top.  The kicker is that these were not direct sales to airlines, but commitments to the Chinese government who will dole out the airplanes at a later time.  If Boeing counted sales the same way Airbus did, Boeing would have had "sold" 1102 airplanes in 2006.  

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer   01/18/06
author: James Wallace
(Copyright 2006)
Aerospace Notebook: Airbus wins race for orders, but ...
excerpt:

"Without them (the China order), Airbus would have come in at the 905 planes (net) estimated by analysts and industry observers," noted Scott Hamilton, whose Seattle-area company closely follows the aviation industry.

Boeing does not count Chinese orders until deals have been signed with individual airlines that will take the planes, said Randy Baseler, Boeing's vice president of marketing and the company's point man Tuesday in commenting about the Airbus order victory.

In this case, Airbus counted the 150 orders from the Chinese government before the planes have been allocated to various airlines.

The Chinese government in 2005 also announced that it would buy 150 jets from Boeing. Baseler said Boeing counted 50 of those as orders in 2005 from six airlines. The remaining 100 should be booked this year once the airlines have signed contracts, he said.

[RAIDER14]

A Plane only its pilot could love:lol

[Big G]

I get the feeling that some of our American friends are getting a little testy at the thought of Boeing been outdone by those pesky Europeans;)

[RAIDER14]

well the airbus pictured above is ugly

and the 380's engines are American made along with several other parts

[straffo]

Originally posted by RAIDER14
The 747s look better

The 380 looks like a manatee

And 747 paint job is girly.

[Nashwan]

and the 380's engines are American made along with several other parts

Just over half the A380 orders to date use Rolls Royce engines. (with just under half using a GE/PW)

[TimRas]

Originally posted by cpxxx

Anyway, nobody loses because a very high proportion of any Airbus jet is made up of American components. 50% of the A380 will from bits sourced in the good old USA.

I alway thought the Airbus V Boeing war was so much hot air.

"In the 1960s only 2% of the content of Boeing's breadwinner, the 727, was non-American. By the mid-1990s this had grown to 30% in the 777, large parts of which are made in Japan. The latest Boeing model, the 200-300-seater long-haul 787, is the first of a new family of aircraft that represents the company's future in commercial aircraft. At least 70% of it will be built outside America, mostly in Japan."
http://economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=4102198

So Airbuses are actually made in America and Boeings are made in Japan. Now, all cheerleaders, be so kind and switch sides..

[Ripsnort]

See Rule #10