Boeing gets a $6 Billion order from Air India

Air India selected Boeing over Airbus to supply 35 long range aircrafts at $6 Billion. Huge coup for the US company. US Government probably lobbied hard to get the order. Transportation Secreaty Norman Mineta was in India last week and Presdent Bush talked to the Indian PM.

This event triggered me to look for more info about this "great" competition (a classic B-School case study.) Both have come out with a new aircrafts - Boeing 787 and Airbus 380. Boeing has orders from Japanse (80), Chinese (50), and now Indian (20) airlines. This amounts to 75% of the orders. Airbus on the other hand has 154 total orders. UAE (43), Germany (15), Singapore (10) and France (10) are the largest buyers. Its interesting to see the link between the orders and the geopolitical environment.