User talk:Ela350gar

= Airbus=

A330-200F
Launched in Jan 07. EIS is planned for the second half of 2009.

A350
The Airbus A350 is a long-range, mid-sized, Wide-body_aircraft family of airliners currently under development, designed to compete with the Boeing 777 and Boeing 787. It will also compete with Airbus' own Airbus A330 and Airbus A340, though plans to discontinue those models have not been announced.

Old orders
* It is not certain that the ILFC follow-on order on 10 Jan 06 reduced options to 4 from original 8.

Specifications
The cabin of the A350 will be 3,4 & 5 inches wider than the Boeing 787 at armrest, shoulder & eye level respectively. The 777 cabin is larger.

* Airbus is still in talks with General Electric and others about an alternate engine for the A350 XWB.

= Boeing=

Orders
* + 3 from ILFC  ** + 2 from ILFC  *** Xiamen Airlines cancelled 3 787-8 in favor of the 737NG. Boeing has indicated that China (CASGC} will reallocate the 3 787 to another Chinese carrier.  † Boeing has not officially launched the 787-10. 

Airbus Deliveries by Model
=Airbus Orders=