Executive Summary The Boeing and Airbus Companies are the world’s largest manufacturers of commercial and military jetliners. The companies date back to 1916 and 1969 respectively. Boeing being in operations for a long time had experienced a long period of monopoly in the manufacture of large commercial jetliners. To deal with this monopoly, Airbus came up with a plan to introduce one of the largest airplanes, Airbus A380 in the world. The introduction of this airplane came at a time when Boeing introduced Boeing 787. The companies in their attempts to outdo each other used different strategies of flight with Boeing adopting point-to-point strategy while Airbus adopted hub-to-hub strategy. The disparities in strategies made Boeing Company more successful than Airbus Company due to efficiency and reliability of its strategy and the size of Boeing 787 that would be accommodated in most of the airports. To react to this, Airbus introduced Airbus A350 model that had a medium size almost equal to that of Boeing 787 with the aim of helping the company to adopt the point-to-point strategy as subsidiary of hub-to-hub. Boeing then reacted to Airbus move by introducing Boeing 787-8 model. The paper seeks account for the difference in the visions, analyse competition between the two companies, give an analysis of the current situation, and forecast the future trends of the two companies. Introduction The Boeing Company was founded by William Boeing in 1916 in Seattle, Washington. It is an American Multinational aerospace dealing with manufacture of commercial jetliners as well as military aircraft (Yenne 2005). To date the company is ranked one of the World’s leading aerospace and the largest jetliner and military aircraft manufacturer. The company designs and manufactures electronic, rotorcraft, defence systems, launch vehicles, satellites, missiles, advanced information, and communication systems (Yenne, 2005). The company being a service provider to NASA operates international space and space shuttle stations. In addition, the company provides numerous commercial and military airline support services (Yenne 2005). The company has a market of its products and support services in 150 countries all over the world. The company being a leader in aerospace and innovation aims at meeting the emerging customer needs in products and support services. This is done through gathering information about the customers’ tastes and preferences according to their current needs as well as market demand. The company range of capability includes creation of new products, integration of military platforms, creation of more efficient members of their commercial airline family, integration of war fighter and defence systems through the use of centric- network operations and creation of advanced technology solutions aimed at reaching all the business units (Yenne 2005). The company employs approximately 165,000 people in US and over 70 other countries who are motivated for high productivity in their duties. The company has an amazing culture that mirrors the heritage of aviation through aspiration, imagination, and innovation. The company holds to its vision statement of “people working together as a global enterprise for aerospace leadership” (Boeing Website). To achieve the vision, the company aims at running healthy core business, openi