Airbus vs. Boeing: Aviation's Dramatic Narrow-Body Cliffhanger Spanning 3+ Decades! - Strategy Perspective - II

By: Rajat Narang

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

The second part of this two-part Aviation book series; themed on the bitter & well-preserved arch-rivalry between the duo of transatlantic rivals and aviation powerhouses; analyzes the way pitched ground battles & High-G aerial dogfights have been fought out in the first two decades of the Twenty-First Century amid a rapidly evolving market & technology landscape.

It also looks at the way the traditional, high intensity arch-rivalry between the Aviation behemoths, Airbus & Boeing, has played out; while taking on & dispensing away with new lightweight rookies, challengers & southpaws in the global aviation ring; with the typical, two-player aerial game now inching towards becoming a three-player game set-up, in a couple of decades from now.

How have the thrust vectored maneuvers & aerial battles shaped out in the narrow-body market has been reviewed with a thorough, blow-by-blow account followed by the allocation of points at the end of each round, overall analysis of the game and the preparation of the scorecard at the end of first half’s play. This follows the last sorties, entailing exploration of the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ of commercial aviation’s narrow body ocean & tracing some of the disappeared aircrafts, charting of the great circle route to aviation safety, cheering the return of the supersonics and a look at the future amid an altered aviation skyline...

Let's Cruise!

PS: It is one of the latest & rare Aviation Book Series' covering the Industry's longitudinal evolution, from early 1970s to 2020, while providing detailed analysis on:

1. The complete account of the fierce battles fought between the Aviation Titans, over the USAF's Aerial Gas-Stations under the KC-X Program, for almost a decade at the turn of the 21st century
2. Airbus' successful coup right in the Middle of the Market geared towards dethroning Boeing's reigning 757
3. Bombardier's Kamikaze-style crusade at the lower end of the Narrow Body aircraft market
4. Boeing's hour of reckoning in the narrow body aircraft market, in form of the 737MAX Disaster, and the Fallout
5. Commercial Aviation's unprecedented, mid-air tryst with severe turbulence and the likely flight path ahead