The Airbus A380 project is one of the most complex projects to ever happen. An aircraft of such large size and complexity would always have problems. Although problems are always anticipated during such a large project‚ the management involved with this project mismanaged many aspects. The project’s success can be examined using many project management aspects. This report will analyse in particular the areas of project scheduling‚ stakeholder management and project leadership within the A380 project
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The Airbus A380 is a double-deck‚ wide-body‚ four-engine jet airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus‚ a subsidiary of EADS. It is the largest passenger airliner in the world. Due to its size‚ many airports had to modify and improve facilities to accommodate it. Designed to challenge Boeing’s monopoly in the large-aircraft market‚ the A380 made its maiden flight on 27 April 2005 and entered commercial service in October 2007 with Singapore Airlines. The aircraft was known as the Airbus
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Report on Designs of Airbus A380 Airbus A380 is commonly known as the jumbo aircraft as its capacity is up to 850 persons which weight almost 560 tons. As the maximum length of wingspan which is internationally recognize and can accommodate in most international airport is 80m‚ so A380 need to gain maximum lift with a length limit of only 80m. In order to overcome this limitation‚ the engineers observed the wings of eagle for some time and they found out that the end of the wing is folded slightly
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Introduction Background of Airbus Corporation Airbus began as a consortium of aerospace manufacturers. Consolidation of European defence and aerospace companies around the turn of the century allowed the establishment of a simplified joint stock company in 2001‚ owned by EADS (80%) and BAE Systems (20%). After a protracted sales process BAE sold its shareholding to EADS on 13 October 2006. Airbus employs around 57‚000 people at sixteen sites in four European Union countries: Germany‚ France‚ the
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Group Research Project Sean Sullivan Glen Maguire Conor Reddington Contents Section 1: Background of the Organisation History-Airbus Products and Markets-Airbus Snapshot of current Operations-Airbus Future Prospects of Airbus Section 2 : Questions about Organisation –Airbus Section 3 : Bibliography Airbus history Airbus was formally agreed in 1967. Ministers from France‚ Germany‚ and Britain agreed “for the purpose of strengthening European co-operation
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Introduction When talking about the new Airbus A380‚ one would think it is easy to write about it‚ since it has been all over the news for the past 2 years. However there were never any concrete consequences mentioned‚ except the ones for Airbus. Neither financial statements nor any other kind of literature were available. Even the attempt to get an interview with Lufthansa failed. So what seemed to be easy in the beginning became harder to write about in the end‚ due to the missing literature.
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The A380 Project The A380 project was launched in December 2000 as the world’s largest commercial aircraft the Airbus A380 is a feat of engineering. It was meant to open up a new segment by addressing the changing market needs‚ congestion at the hub airports being one. With the environment having gained a profile‚ the A380 was designed with low emissions and low noise. The project took five years of preparatory development and testing that cost over US$600 million. The development cost was projected
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Structure and Process: 1. Organizational Structure: Airbus utilizes a vertical hierarchical configuration of departments‚ authority and job within the company. Refer to figure 9.1. Airbus organizational structure “aims to fully integrate the functions at Airbus‚ by implementing transnational organizations for industrial operations‚ programs and procurement” (Karp). According to the C.E.O he state that his structures objective is “to make Airbus a real ’architect and integrator’ in airliner development
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2/7/2014 Airbus case study Airbus case study Introduction (Facts). Airbus is the company that deals with the manufacturing of aircrafts in the market. It was formally established in 1970 as a European consortium. It has a head office in Toulouse; France operates out of over 160 international locations. It include 16 main development and manufacturing sites in France‚ UK‚ Germany & Spain and three wholly owned subsidiaries in China‚ Japan and North America. The Airbus benefits from a
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55‚000 employees from over 80 different nations. This has however caused some issues within the organization also‚ as was the case in this case study. This particular case highlights the problems that arose within Airbus during the construction of it’s line of A380 Aircrafts where Airbus lost 2 Billion euros. Cross-cultural differences between French and German workers created an atmosphere of dis-trust amongst workers that can be relayed back to decisions made within management that could have
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