Daily Memo: The Implications Of Airbus’ Narrowbody Plans

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An Airbus A320neo pictured after its first test flight in September 2014.
Credit: Eric Cabanis / AFP / Getty Images
The art of succeeding in the global aircraft duopoly is anticipating and taking advantage of the competitor’s weaknesses. Airbus delivered a masterpiece of that game theory with the launch of the A320neo family. Boeing was talking about launching an all-new single-aisle aircraft and was supported in...
Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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