Does Airbus benefit from Boeing's crisis?

The airliner of the Boeing 737 Max - after an Ethiopian Airlines crash - could damage European dealers with the aircraft manufacturer's branches, French site L'Expression Press reported.

To shed light on the Boeing 737 Max stop and what it could entail, the website interviewed Philippe Poissat, General Manager, Europe Division of Epsat ET, a US aerospace digital solutions company.

"The survival of more than 300 aircraft on the ground is a real nightmare for the manufacturer, but it depends on the duration of the flight ban and the results of an investigation into the Ethiopian airliner, which we can not judge in advance," Bouassat said.

He considered that what is happening at this stage is only preventive measures, especially as the United States Civil Aviation Administration granted Boeing until April to prove the reliability of its systems after the Malaysian Airlines accident in October 2018, stressing that two incidents are very similar in four months calls for The question.

Made in a hurry
This is not the first time a new Boeing plane has been shot down, says Boasat. A 787 flight was banned in 2013, two years after it started due to a battery problem, raising the quality and reliability of the US aircraft manufacturer.

The Boeing 737 Max has been developed "hastily" to track the world's best-selling aircraft, the Airbus A320, which allows for fuel. The decision was made in summer 2011 and the first Boeing 737 Max was delivered in spring 2017.

While Boeing delivered the aircraft on time, it seemed less efficient than Airbus in terms of electronic devices onboard the aircraft, pointing out that the European aircraft manufacturer advanced two or three years ahead of its US competitor in controlling the computer controller aircraft.

Asked whether Airbus could benefit from the Boeing crisis, Boasat said it was naive to believe that the Boeing crisis could benefit its European rival.

The US company, if not out of the crisis, has more than 5,000 orders, which means seven years of production, and Airbus's order book is very full with 6,000 aircraft, especially for the A 320 family. Delivery of sixty aircraft per month in 2019.

Not a beneficiary
In addition, Boasat pointed out that the Boeing 737 Max is a joint venture with a large number of European suppliers, including about 30 in France alone, such as Dafran, which provides the system with electrical wiring, wheels and carbon brakes and contributes to the development of some other devices.

He also said that no one could rejoice this crisis because it would have an impact on many equipment manufacturers who also work for Airbus.

When asked whether China's suspension of the Boeing 737 Max could be considered a political decision, especially as it has become a civilian aircraft? Said it had no interest in weakening the US aircraft manufacturer because it is the first supplier of these aircraft with about 2,000 Boeing operating in China. Comac, the maker of the Chinese C919, is not ready to manufacture a number that could meet the country's needs.

Boasat concluded that China needs Boeing as well as the United Kingdom, which was the first European country to decide to keep the Boeing 737 Max on the ground, stressing that banning flights is not an easy decision at all because it has consequences not only on the manufacturer or its equipment manufacturers, On airlines.