How Boeing Defied the Airbus Challenge: An Insider's Account

by Mohan R. Pandey

For the first time since WWII, a European airplane manufacturer, Airbus, not only succeeded in challenging Boeing, the storied American aviation titan, but also nearly crippled the giant-a fate fully realized by McDonnell Douglas, a previous American icon. This book chronicles an insider's account of more than two decades of how Boeing fought back in the extremely fierce, high-stakes, and highly political quest for global aviation supremacy. The book also shows how the industry shapes the regulations and, working with the regulators, how it has changed the direction of aviation. Specifically, this book details the development of regulations that significantly (in Billions of US dollars) affected the fortunes of Boeing & Airbus. These regulations greatly enhanced the success of long-range two engine airplanes (twins) such as the Boeing's 777 & & 787 and the Airbus' 350. The resulting success of the B777 forced Airbus to prematurely end the production of the A340 family of four engine airplanes (quads). The success of long-range twins, because of these regulations, may adversely affect the future potential of the quads such as the newly developed A380 and the B747-8.

Genres: Business, Aviation

254 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2010

About the author

Mohan Pandey, an aeronautical engineer, retired from his 37-year aviation career and published his first book "How Boeing Defied the Airbus Challenge" in 2010. The book captures an insider's account of an aspect of Boeing-Airbus competition. Pandey likes to explore new frontiers. In his latest book "Hinduism: A Path to Inner Peace," he ventures into his ancestral faith and explores how the different pieces of Hinduism's jigsaw puzzle fit together. The book gives an analytical perspective of the faith and shows how the same spiritual thread connects Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity. His website is www.aPathToInnerPeace.com

Reviews

[Jennifer Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting book on the airline industry. I learned a lot.

[chvang · Rating 1 out of 5]

Reads like it was written by a bot for a 6th grade report.

[Michael A. Simmons, Sr. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating Tale

An insider's view of the fiercely competitive commercial aviation industry. Highly technical and detailed history of Airbus vs Boeing. Worth the read

[Dana Probert · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disjointed ramblings. The author is clearly passionate about the subject but unfortunately the writing is all over the place. Appears to be self published, which would explain the unpolished nature of the book.

[Greg Stoll · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of interesting, but there was a ton too much information about ETOPS and all of its variants.