Itled to global regulatory jitters about the plane, Boeing’s 737 Max 9. De facto duopoly: There’s a near duopoly between Boeing and Airbus in passenger aircraft manufacturing, with others Boeing787 and Airbus A321 aircraft are different in many respects. Airbus A321 is part of the A320 narrow-body twinjet family and first flew commercially in 1994 as the A321-100. as both aircraft (are supposed to) cover a different market. The A321XLR competes with the Boeing 737 family just like the rest of the A320 family, and Thecrash of two 737 MAX passenger aircraft in late 2018 and early 2019, and subsequent grounding of the entire fleet of 737 MAX jets, turned a global spotlight on Boeing’s practices and culture. Explanations for the crashes include: design flaws within the MAX’s new flight control software system designed to prevent stalls; internal pressure to B737vs A320. We review the big differences between Airbus and Boeing jets, such as their design philosophy and how the pilots operate them. B737 vs A320. and various controls and levers are located in similar positions as can be seen when comparing an Airbus 320-200 and Boeing 737-800 flight deck in images below. A320 Flight Deck. Underthe terms of the DPA, Boeing will pay a total criminal monetary amount of over $2.5 billion, composed of a criminal monetary penalty of $243.6 million, compensation payments to Boeing’s 737 MAX airline customers of $1.77 billion, and the establishment of a $500 million crash-victim beneficiaries fund to compensate the heirs, Thenarrowbody twinjet Airbus A320 is more than just the most popular Airbus aircraft ever made. As an airliner family, it is also rapidly approaching the title of the most sold-prouced commercial jetliner in the world. This is an honor currently held by the Boeing 737 series, as produced by Airbus' main competitor and US rival. AnAvianca Airbus A321 and a Delta Boeing 737-900ER at Miami airport in 2016, sporting two different types of winglet (Photo by Alberto Riva/The Points Guy) newer Airbus A320-family aircraft also sport blended winglets that look very similar to the winglets on the Boeing 737 — except they're called sharklets. The name is simply a nice Asof July 2020, over 300 Boeing 737 Max and roughly 29 Airbus A320 family aircraft orders were cancelled. Air transportation safety in the U.S. A321neovs. Boeing 737 MAX: ultimately bolstering overall safety. In comparison, the Boeing 737 MAX relies on conventional controls and is equipped with traditional winglets, differing from the smaller wingtip fences and sharklets found on the A321neo. the Airbus A320 program surpassed the Boeing 737 program in 2019 to AsAirbus is set to overtake Boeing to become the world’s largest plane maker by deliveries, WSJ explains how two jetliners—the 737 MAX and the A320neo—ended uzM9X.