Why do Boeing passenger planes always begin with 7 and Airbus with 3? Is there a reason?

Question

I was wondering, why do Boeing jets always have the prefix 7 and airbus the prefix 3. Is it just conicdeintail or does each airplane manufactuer get a designated prefix with only they can exclusivley use?

Answer 1

Actually Boeing's first commercial jetliner was the 707, and they have made all their planes start with a 7 since:

707 (single aisle, 4 wing mounted engines)
717 (2 tail-mounted engines, formerly DC-9/MD-80)
727 (3 engines in tail, very popular, discontinued about 1985)
737 (2 wing-mounted engines, still in production)
747 (4 wing-mounted engines, the first and most popular 'jumbo')
757 (single aisle, 2 wing mounted engines)
767 (twin aisle, 2 wing mounted engines)
777 (twin aisle, 2 wing mounted engines)
787 (twin aisle, 2 wing mounted engines, under development)

Airbus aircraft use the designations A300, A319, A320, A321, A330, A340 - and the A350 and A380 are under development. Airbus is made by EADS - a French-German-Spanish-British consortium. Final assembly is in Toulouse, France.

The 7 and the 3 are just used as a symbol or an unofficial trademark, and has nothing to do with ICAO regulations. The companies just decided they sound good! Its no diferent than BMW using 3, 4, 5, etc for their cars and Toyota car models beginning with a C.

Answer 2

to operate on to David S. Airbus and Boeing have distinct perspectives concerning emergency administration. Airbus's FBW equipment has "not basic" limits. each and each and every of the enter is going by potential of a pc, and there are limits on what the pilot can tell the airplane to do. If a pilot tries to exceed the reduce, the pc may ward off him/her from doing so. as an celebration, if an Airbus pilot tries to do say a 80 degree monetary corporation the pc may ward off the pilot from doing so. Boeing, on the different hand, pride themselves in that the pilot always has the perfect be conscious. even in spite of the indisputable fact that each and each and every of the enter is going by potential of a pc, there are not any not basic limits, and the pilot can override the pc.

Answer 3

to add on to what georock said, they also have familiarity. I know tons and tons of different aiplane names, and some are really hard to remember, just imagine if every lane nme started and ended with the same number and the middle numbers went in numerical order?

it would be alot easier to remember who makes the pane and such, thus another reaso why boeing stuck with the 7s

Answer 4

Boeing is U.S. made, Airbus is British made, each manufactor has to designate according to their countries requirments as well as of the ICAO....