Birds of Prey: Boeing V Airbus - A Battle for the Skies

by Matthew Lynn

Even though the aviation industry has only about 100 important customers in the whole world, presidents and prime ministers have become its leading sales representatives. That's because so many purchases soar into the multi-billion-dollar range. The international rivalry between Boeing (a U.S. company based in Seattle, Washington) and Airbus (a European consortium centered in France) has become a foreign policy priority for their respective governments. Boeing completely dominated the skies for many years, but massive government subsidies have made Airbus a serious challenger. In Birds of Prey , Matthew Lynn tells the story behind some of the biggest business deals in the world today.

Genres: Aviation

260 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[John E · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick read of history of the Boeing-Airbus competition in the commercial airliner business from the tragedy of the Comet to the mid-1995. As an American I still have a bit of confusion over just what Airbus is and it's relationship to it constituent parts and to the European governments involved. The book ends just before the launch of the A380 Superjumbo and then recently we learned that the A380 never made any money and is being terminated. It also ends just before the merger of Boeing and McDonnell-Douglas and the creation of a single American airliner manufacturer.

[Hari8e · Rating 3 out of 5]

interesting enough for me to keep going, but I cant say that its one of my favorite books.

[Wayne · Rating 4 out of 5]

interesting