In the world of flight and aircraft you have major companies that are always batting against each other and despite their good and bad
Reputation these companies provide service for billions around the world and one a new company and one on the other hand has been around
Since before the first world war with that today
we look at the differences between the two giants known as
Boeing and Airbus and get our own opinions about these two companies
What's going on?
Everybody Oh, welcome to MTV facts the channel where I look at people cultures places and yes aircrafts from around the world
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Yes, looking at Airbus and we're looking at Boeing now
This isn't necessarily because of what's going on in the media as of today
Basically in our previous video where I looked at the Boeing 737 which was in regards to what's going on in the world
I was reading a lot about how Boeing and Airbus are kind of always in
Competition with each other and therefore I thought is there really a big difference between these two companies. Hmm
Well, I kind of want to find out so I figured you guys would want it too
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So let's first look at the Papa company known as Boeing at one point
This company was known as the Pacific Aero product company starting way back in
1916 as a matter of fact it started way before that in 1910 when William e Boeing who was the founder of the company
Ended up buying a shipyard in Seattle and turned it into an aircraft plant. This happened back in
1910 and he started making aircraft out of that facility
The first plane that Boeing produced was the Boeing model 2 which was a single-seat biplane
Originally these planes were meant to be bought by the United States Navy
But they didn't really want them so they actually went to a flying school in New Zealand quite odd
however
The first actual financial success for Boeing didn't come until after World War One was declared at point
the company was renamed to the Boeing Airplane Company and during this time they produced what was known as the
Boeing model - now these were also biplanes as a matter of fact they made
56 of the model c versions of this aircraft
Interesting enough. This plane was also used for the very first ever in the entire world
international mail service as the Boeing model - ended up carrying 60 letters from
Vancouver BC to Seattle, Washington, of course, because Boeing has been around for a long time
It has broke a lot of Records as a matter of fact, it was the first
Airplane company to fly over Mount Rainer what's really fascinating about Boeing is I always thought they would have started off
Transporting people around but yes, as I said, it was started off with the mail as a matter of fact
They specifically flew for the u.s. Mail service and ironically enough
It wasn't until July 27th 1928 that the Boeing ad was released being the company's first dedicated
Passenger airplane there was of course a really small aircraft compared to today's standards
They could only carry about 12 people on board one weird part that really stuck out about the Boeing 80 is unlike other
Aircrafts of its type from that era this was a biplane
Not like the others and you may be wondering why well back in the day this meant for a more, you know
Smooth flight and a better landing, so that is just the basic version
I mean I can go into the history of it all even more but you know what?
I really want to look at you know Airbus right now the company of Airbus may actually be very recent
It actually has its name dating back from the 1970s
This was from a consortium company known as Airbus Industrie gie
It was also a company of other companies that merged together for example in the year 2000
There was the introduction of the European aeronautic defense and space company
This company also owned eurocopter sa and about 80% of the Airbus Industrie. Gie however the gie
Eventually changed its name to Airbus SAS in 2001 and in 2006 the European
aeronautic defense space company acquired the final 20% of the company but by
2017 Airbus got its name that we now currently know it ass
however
The ironic part is we've been referring to
Airbus and Airbus type of aircrafts as Airbus for a long time now this is because they just named their
Aircrafts Airbus to begin with of course for some of you you may be wondering where does the company of Airbus?
Originate from is it from one country or what's the deal most people identify?
Airbus yes as
Originating from European origins. This is because the gie was formed officially on December 18 1970
This was a government initiative that was created specifically between the countries of Germany and the UK and at one point
original shareholders of the country were 5050 between Germany and France
It also should be mentioned that the Dutch were involved as well in the early stages of the company work was
distributed different between these few countries France and Germany had
36.5% of production in the UK which the company known as Hawker Siddeley
This company had 20% of production while the Dutch company Fokker took
7% However
As the years have progressed to this percentage has been changed around. So it's
not really the same today and because of the great technological
achievements from all these different countries one of the first aircrafts that came out of Airbus was
Absolutely revolutionary and could compete with Boeing. This aircraft was the Airbus
A300 which was the world's first twin Isle
twin-engine aircraft having its first flight on October 28
1972 and being introduced to the world on May 30th
1974 with Air France
this is where things really got really interesting between these two companies because the Boeing had the
737 and that thing was a beast. It was very affordable
It was very good for safety
But then Airbus came out with the a 300 and man Boeing was not happy for the Boeing 737
it was a very remarkable aircraft being introduced on February 10 1968 now whether or not you want to say which
One is better
Let's be perfectly honest the Boeing 737 makes up 25% of the entire world's air fleet
It's quite popular. However with that in mind when it comes to the Airbus
a320neo
Currently there is approximately 6,000 of these on order making it the fastest-selling aircrafts as of
2018 now let's look at some of the specific differences between these two companies for the headquarters boeing is
located in chicago illinois and they have approximately
150
3027 employees as of
2018 for Airbus it is located in lead in
Holland or the Netherlands and currently they have an employee base of
129 thousand four hundred and forty two as of
2017 now what's really interesting about? Both of these countries is they both do a military aircraft and commercial aircraft?
However, that being said Boeing has a much longer history
So they've got a lot more military aircraft than Airbus does
Actually one thing that I found really interesting about Airbus was the fact that it was one of the companies that provided
replacement parts for the amazing Concorde jet
for Airbus have at least 10 different crafts that are available from the company that are on deliveries as
For Boeing they have at least 15 different versions of aircraft that are available today
However, some of them are no longer produced keep in mind. I'm also not including any
Discontinued aircraft because there is quite a lot of them for Boeing
Especially nor is that any other type of aircraft that is not listed as commercial and I'm also not
Including any airplane that was made by the company known as Douglas in which that company got absorbed into Boeing in
1997 now one really interesting thing about both of these companies is that since the 90s these two companies have been known as a duopoly
Having absolute control of air industries in America and almost worldwide
Another thing that both of these companies do contribute to is space programs Boeing of course has a much longer history and a larger
Inventory, but Airbus has done that as well
For example boeing was actually one of the major
Contributors to the Apollo spacecraft mission in which it designed the first-stage section of the Saturn 5 rocket
as well this company designed the lunar rover that the astronauts used to explore the surface and of course they've even made some
contributions in the space shuttle
Along with that they were also the first contractor for the International Space Station
They did things like make these steel struts for it and to put the icing on the cake
They've also done
Satellites and rockets like the Delta rockets that take things into space in which all of this comes under the Boeing Defense space
and Security Division
This also means that military aircraft falls under this division as well
Boeing has produced missiles rockets helicopters like the Apache
They've also made some of the most insane bombers in history such as the b-17
There was also the b-29 and the famous
b-52 and on top of that they've also made jet fighters like the f-15 and the f-18 and they were
involved with Lockheed to make the f-22 Raptor which by the way some of that technology went into the f-35 now for Airbus its
Defense and space divisions are the second largest in the world next to Boeing
They've been involved in many different pieces of military aircraft such as the Airbus
a400m Atlas
to of course other different types of transports but for fighters
They are most famously known for being the developer of the Typhoon
Eurofighter in which they worked with BAE and alenia aermacchi and for space they are involved in many different
rocket systems however, for satellites, they just dominate they have the largest amount of
observational satellites that are up in the sky meaning that they have over 50 of them that have been launched as of
2016 and last but not least. Let's take a look at the dollar bills
Let's look at the revenue of these two companies for Boeing
it has a revenue of 101 point 1 to 7 billion dollars as of
2018 which means its net income comes in at ten point four six zero billion
The total assets of this company are quite large at one hundred and seventeen point three
five nine billion dollars with a total equity of
410 mmm all of these numbers of course are in
2018 for airbus its revenue comes in in US dollars at seventy five point four zero six
billion USD where their net income comes in at three point two four four billion USD
however
Their assets are way through the roof coming in at one hundred and twenty five
point five ten billion USD with an equity of four point one two two billion dollars
of course for that that was based off of
2017 numbers so there you have a guys that is just some of the differences between these two companies
I want to know your thoughts on it. Which one are you?
You know more inclined to go to
Have you been on a plane? And do you like Boeing airplanes or do you like Airbus airplanes?
Which one's your favorite for me? This is just the thing
I just like the fact that Boeing has a quite involved history and it's just been there since the beginning of
Flight in America and guys, I'm not even Americans so, you know, I mean that's that's got to say something but on that guys
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