{"id":294430,"date":"2025-10-01T18:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T08:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/how-airbus-became-part-planemaking-duopoly\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T18:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T08:00:16","slug":"underdog-story-how-airbus-became-part-of-the-planemaking-duopoly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=294430","title":{"rendered":"Underdog Story: How Airbus Became Part Of The Planemaking Duopoly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Throughout much of the 20th century, the commercial aviation market was dominated by American manufacturers. This includes major manufacturers, such as Douglas Aircraft Company, Lockheed, and, of course, Boeing. With few challengers, Boeing was able to maintain dominance throughout the industry for much of the century, including well into the 1970s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Airbus is now recognized as one of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[426,3935,396,398,16569],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-294430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airbus","category-airbus-a300","category-aircraft","category-boeing","category-manufacturers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t