Boeing 777: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century
This paper discusses the corporate history of the Boeing Company. A comparison is made between Boeing and Airbus. The disagreement between Boeing and Airbus about the balance of the flagship airliner market during the next few decades has been well publicized. Boeing claims the major market is for aircraft of the 7E7 size; Airbus aims to follow the historical trend that each new frontline aircraft generation, in this case the A380, must be significantly larger than its predecessor.
