Dog Meat

Dog meat? Hmmm...is that the technical term? As skeptical as I am about the ability of Airbus to produce the A350 at all. I am even more skeptical that the launch of such an airplane means the automatic demise of the 777. I don't think it's just that axiomatic. Even if Boeing never sells another 777 after 2006, with nearly 900 units sold in 16 years they've done pretty good for themselves...

Airbus has many-many hurdles to overcome before they can get to the point of launching the A350 let alone producing it. With EIS of A350 now thought to be around 2014-2015 a great many things could happen in the interim period. As far as I'm concerned the A350 is going to have to be the best thing since sliced bread for operators to commit in large numbers to a plane that will take to the skies nearly a decade hence...
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