Best Aircraft Maker- Airbus or Boeing?

(The latest Airbus A380)
(The Latest Boeing Dreamliner)

There is a biggest debate going on in the internet Forum that I watched for at the moment. The question is, who's the best aircraft marker?, Airbus or Boeing. Off course there will be two quarters,those who support Airbus and those who support Boeing. Each supporter gave their own opinion accordingly. But to my point of view both aircraft marker are the best in the world today, there is no doubt about it. And to built the best aircraft need a lot of effort, and both done it well.

Boeing added two plane orders in the past week, taking its year-to-date tally to a record 1,146 net orders, but the US planemaker still trails European rival Airbus in the race for 2007 sales.

The number of Boeing's firm orders is already well ahead of its record last year of 1,044, and means the company will break 1,000 orders for the third straight year.
But it still trails Airbus, which had 1,204 orders on its books for the year at the end of November, after a particularly successful Dubai air show. A full comparison will be possible at the end of the year, when Airbus adjusts its tally to take account of cancelled orders.

Between them, Boeing and Airbus look set to post 2,500 orders for the year, which would break the previous record of 2,057 net orders in 2005.

That was the first year both companies posted more than 1,000 orders each, marking the beginning of the boom in commercial aerospace, as travel demand surged after a slump caused by the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Airbus has already beaten its 2005 record for orders, and looks set to reclaim the title of biggest-selling planemaker after losing it last year to Boeing.

Its single-aisle A320 line is selling well, and in the last few months it has seen a rise in interest for its new mid-sized wide-body, the A350 XWB -- which rivals Boeing's 787 -- after several years of design setbacks. It is also taking orders for its new A380 superjumbo, which entered service in October.

Boeing's biggest seller is its single-aisle 737, with 651 orders so far this year. The new 787 Dreamliner, which is set to start test flights by the end of March, has 314 orders this year. Boeing has taken 129 orders for its 777 this year, and 16 for its 747.

The total year-to-date tally for Boeing includes a 55 plane order, worth about USD$4.5 billion, placed by General Electric's plane leasing unit last week, but only made public on Thursday.

In term of sale both equally got so much customer orders that they can handled it for quite sometime into the future. Healthy competition is good for both of them.