>>1173705>they have never laid an egg quite like Airbus did with the A318 or even A380The A318 is a fantastic plane, but I admit that it sold like shit. Airbus didn't market it well, and Airbus probably should have thought about the airlines first.
The A380 did sell poorly though, the A380 was just too late to be in the era of aviation when huge widebodies were in demand. The push towards more Middle of Market aircraft is the current era.
Actually the A318 had 80 orders, but only 67 deliveries. The largest group of deliveries is as corporate or government jets.
The A380 had 331 orders, but 222 have been delivered. Largest operator is Emirates with 101 deliveries out of 162 orders.
For comparison's sake, lets take a real Airbus egg, the A310. That had only 255 deliveries.
For another comparison, the A340 only had 377 deliveries.
>I don't hate Airbus, but they're had nothing on the level of Boeing's iconic aircraftI'd say that the A380 and the A340 are iconic, plus you cannot ignore the A300-600ST aka Airbus Beluga?
>>1173726>I'm still so gay for the 757 to this dayThe 757 is actually one of the few Boeing aircraft I actually like with no issues. It delivers on range, comfort, capabilities and capacity.
What I think Boeing is doing though is making the 797 some sort of hybrid between the 757 and 767. In either a 2-3-3 twin aisle, or 3-4 single aisle configuration. This is not a great idea, but then again, the A321LR will be the true successor to the 757 concept, and I think that Airbus could easily dominate that market, particularly since A320 type ratings would allow budget airlines already operating A320s and A319s to buy the A321LR and just expand their routes further. easyJet in Europe, jetBlue in the US, Air Asia in Malaysia, Aer Lingus in Ireland, they could all expand dramatically thanks to the A321LR.
