Editing Aviation (section)

====Air transport====
{{Main|Airline}}
[[File:Boeing 777-200 (United AL) LHR (5383777850).jpg|thumb|235x235px|A [[United Airlines]] [[Boeing 777|Boeing 777-200]] taxiing on the tarmac of [[Heathrow Airport]] in January 2011. The Boeing 777 is a popular choice for airlines that operate a [[wide-body aircraft]].]]
[[File:N819NW Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-323 takeoff from Schiphol (AMS - EHAM), The Netherlands pic1.JPG|thumb|[[Delta Airlines]] [[Airbus A330|Airbus A330-323]] taking off at [[Amsterdam Schiphol Airport]] in July 2017.]]

There are five major manufacturers of civil transport aircraft (in alphabetical order):
* [[Airbus]], based in Europe
* [[Boeing]], based in the United States
* [[Bombardier Aerospace|Bombardier]], based in Canada
* [[Embraer]], based in Brazil
* [[United Aircraft Corporation]], based in Russia, with its subsidiaries [[Ilyushin]], [[Tupolev]], and [[Sukhoi]]

Boeing, Airbus, Ilyushin and Tupolev concentrate on wide-body and narrow-body jet [[airliner]]s, while Bombardier, Embraer and Sukhoi concentrate on [[regional airliner]]s. Large networks of specialized parts suppliers from around the world support these manufacturers, who sometimes provide only the initial design and final assembly in their own plants. The Chinese [[ACAC consortium]] has also recently entered the civil transport market with its [[Comac ARJ21]] regional jet.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1670256,00.html |magazine=Time |title=Eyes on the Skies |first=Kathleen |last=Kingsbury |date=October 11, 2007 |access-date=April 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031070258/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1670256,00.html |archive-date=October 31, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 29, 2015 |title=China's COMAC delivers first ARJ21 jet plane to domestic airline |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/china-comac-idUSL3N13O02620151129 |access-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-date=December 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203121845/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/29/china-comac-idUSL3N13O02620151129 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Until the 1970s, most major airlines were [[flag carrier]]s, sponsored by their governments and heavily protected from competition. Since then, [[open skies]] agreements have resulted in increased competition and choice for consumers, coupled with falling prices for airlines. The combination of high fuel prices, low fares, high salaries, and crises such as the [[September 11 attacks]] and the [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome|SARS pandemic]] have driven many older airlines to government-bailouts, bankruptcy or mergers. At the same time, [[low-cost carrier]]s such as [[Ryanair]], [[Southwest Airlines|Southwest]] and [[WestJet]] have flourished.