[John Valentine]

The A350-800, with more seats than the 787-8, will be able to fly about 300 miles farther than the Boeing plane with about 4 percent lower fuel burn per seat and lower maintenance cost per seat, Leahy said. The cash operating costs to the airline per seat will be less than for the 787-8, as will the plane's empty weight per seat, he said.

These predictions are nothing more than sales hype and there is a good chance that Airbus won't make good.

Also, if the United States makes good on derailing the European governemtal subsidies for the development costs of tha A350, then perhaps the buy in price won't be qwuite as attractive as advertised, either.

[ARCADIA]

"The A350-800, with more seats than the 787-8, will be able to fly about 300 miles farther than the Boeing plane with about 4 percent lower fuel burn per seat and lower maintenance cost per seat,..."

All of which misses the point that nobody wants to sit in an overpacked death trap.

[Central Scrutiniser]

Yeah, but the 787 has not been built or tested either, so the specs on that plane are not known as well.

You see, it doesn't matter who builds it, until it is in the air and in service, we can't know how it will perform.

The A350 will be a damn good plane, as will the 787. Turn off your irrational bias towards Airbus, there are plenty of american made parts on their planes, and there are lots of non american parts on Boeing's planes.