Aircraft & Manufacturing

Boeing, Airbus, engines and the supply chain building the world's fleet.

The Hardest Club to Join: Why Only Two Companies Build Large Airliners

Dozens of companies have tried to build large jetliners. Nearly all of them are gone. The Airbus–Boeing duopoly is not an accident — it is the product of the most punishing economics in manufacturing.

20 August 2026 · 7 minRajkumar Agarwal

Aircraft & Manufacturing

A Decade of Planes Already Sold: Inside the Record Airbus and Boeing Backlog

With more than 16,000 jets on order and both manufacturers sitting on roughly a decade of production, 2026 is shaping into a race defined not by selling aircraft but by building them.

20 August 2026 · 6 minRajkumar Agarwal