[John Valentine]

The Airbus competitor for the 787 is NOT the A380, it is the A350. Qatar Airways has ordered 80 of them

[GonzoGOP]

The Airbus competitor for the 787 is NOT the A380, it is the A350. Qatar Airways has ordered 80 of them

That's what I thought. There was a line in the story that Qatar Air was going to buy A380s because of the delays in the 787. I could see them buying Airbus products if the 787s can't get delivered, but not the A380. At least not for the same routes.

[Little Ray]

Don’t like Airbuses. They sound like they’re having a structural failure when their gear retracts.

[Yo-Yo]

The Airbus competitor for the 787 is NOT the A380, it is the A350. Qatar Airways has ordered 80 of them

The competition was between the A380 and the 787, but it was not a competition of aircraft capacity per se, but was a competition between two future airline strategies.

Would the hub-and-spoke model be continued, where a very large capacity aircraft flying between two large hubs would be advantageous, especially in the near future with landing slots becoming more scarce, or would the point-to-point model become more popular, where more aircraft operate directly between two smaller airports, bypassing the congested hub?

In general, the A350 is larger than the 787, and is meant to replace the A330, A340, and the smallest 777s.