Emerging Competitors Could Squeeze Airbus, Boeing

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?contentBlockId=e16c1624-5762-499e-bec0-7583807f56b8

Among the conclusions in the study:

• Airbus and Boeing currently have about an 88% market share in the 100- to 200-seat single-aisle market segment. This market share could be cut in half to about 40% if market forecasts offered by the emerging competitors bear any relationship to reality.
• Technology transfers by the current Big 4-Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and Embraer - are enabling these new competitors.
• Airbus and Boeing will likely choose to re-engine their stalwart A320 and 737 families as an interim solution to meeting the new competition, while continuing to develop advanced-technology replacement for introduction in the 2020 decade.
• The sub-70 seat regional jet market is rapidly losing attractiveness. Bombardier is considering larger turboprops and Mitsubishi is considering a larger version of its MRJ.
• Embraer faces a tough decision about what to do with its E-Jet series, which is still relatively new to market, to meet the competition from Bombardier's CSeries