[Reaganesque]

You're probably right. However, price is only a factor in the absence of value. If Boeing offers a plane that has lower operating costs, is safer to fly, doesn't require extensive modifications to existing infrastructure and delivers the same value as the A380, that would be one heck of a competitive advantage. Problem is, will Boeing see it that way? Apparently the main stumbling blocks to going ahead with the project is that most passengers would not have a window seat and Boeing's apparent attitude of "it wasn't invented by us."(The blended wing concept came from McDonald Douglas.) This according to the articles I've read.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Most passengers would not have a window seat."

Isn't that already true for the biggest jets? But with the blended-wing concept, it looks like hardly anyone would have window seats. I think this would be more of a problem from the claustrophobia angle; even if you can't see out of the window, just having the windows there is a psychologically comforting thing, I think. So a plane with few or no windows might be unsettling to some.

[ArGee]

Problem is, will Boeing see it that way? Apparently the main stumbling blocks to going ahead with the project is that most passengers would not have a window seat

I'd trade in a window seat for a nose camera with an image I can pipe to my seat back any day. Looking out the side isn't all that interesting to me.

Shalom.