In today’s post the focus will be on the continuing crisis at Boeing, which started when two planes fell from the sky killing 346 people in total . In the business press recently, it has been suggested that Boeing may need to move to a ‘ Plan B ’ very soon before this crisis envelops the company, with a number of possible alternatives being put forward. However, in this post we will focus on the duopoly in the large jet airliner industry and seek to understand just how secure it is. In October 2018 a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max airplane crashed into the Java Sea shortly after taking off from Jakarta, killing 189 people . On the 10 th March 2019, a 737 Max plane flying under Ethiopian Airline colours crashed shortly after take off from Addis Ababa , killing all 157 people on board. Following the two crashes, that were connected by a failure of the Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), all 737 Max planes were grounded and remain grounded to this day. Boeing initiall...

Today’s post looks at what, potentially, could be the next large-scale case of corruption, and that is the amalgamation of allegations of corruption perpetrated by the European-based Aero Corporation Airbus. Whilst we have looked at the Aero industry closely recently, particularly with regards to the trade-dispute between Bombardier and Boeing, this post can perhaps be regarded as the next instalment of our analyses into the work that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is conducting, because it is extremely likely that the SFO will be taking action against Airbus at some point. A previous post regarding the SFO looked at its reprimanding of Rolls-Royce , and there are many similarities between the actions taken in that case, and the actions that may be taken in this particular case; yet, the political elements that are included in this case mean that the outcome may be much different to what is currently being projected. Firstly, it is worth reviewing Airbus’ current situation, bec...