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Boeing and Airbus

Postby Whitey » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:41 pm

OK, so Airbus are in a lot of financial trouble right now and i't's far from certain that they can recover...but I wonder, can Airbus or Boeing be "allowed" to liquidate?  If they did we would have a monopoly on the jet airliner market and they're so advanced in the market that another company (Bombardier, Embraer, etc) would never be able to compete against the remaining big one.
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Re: Boeing and Airbus

Postby C » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:05 pm

No. Certain goverments wouldn't allow a company to go bust (which it won't anyway), although one other goverment in particular wouldn't mind if their company had a total monopoly on the large medium and long haul markets... ;)
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Re: Boeing and Airbus

Postby Wii » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:23 pm

Ah, I was doing an art project today, and just for kicks, made this.
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Now, if the two companys combined, would you want a stupid logo like that on the first puskback of the AB397-900!? I think NOT. ;) ;D
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Re: Boeing and Airbus

Postby DONTREADMYUSERNAME » Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:11 pm

no, for example, early this year XM and Sirus satilite radio wanted to merge. Government said no.
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Re: Boeing and Airbus

Postby Ashar » Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:21 am

Now, if the two companys combined, would you want a stupid logo like that on the first puskback of the AB397-900!? I think NOT. ;) ;D


No, I'd like to see a better logo on pushback ::)
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Re: Boeing and Airbus

Postby expat » Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:40 am

No. Certain goverments wouldn't allow a company to go bust


You mean a "certain government", no "s". Maybe the same one that subsidises it's national carrier and car makers at the same time giving the finger to EU rules and suing RyanAir for obtaining reduced landing fees in Europe because it is against EU rules  ;D

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Re: Boeing and Airbus

Postby C » Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:28 am

No. Certain goverments wouldn't allow a company to go bust


You mean a "certain government", no "s". Maybe the same one that subsidises it's national carrier and car makers at the same time giving the finger to EU rules and suing RyanAir for obtaining reduced landing fees in Europe because it is against EU rules  ;D

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