krismiler
"Airbus have done well with the basic A320 design but at 30+ years old, it’s getting a bit dated, particularly in the flight deck. Time to start thinking about a new clean sheet design which integrates all the technological advances made since the 1980s. The current design can easily see out this decade, but by then Boeing will be coming out with a long overdue B737 replacement which will likely be superior to the NEO."
I guess the new hydrogen models are slated as a replacement in about 9 years. That said, Airbus was actually in development for an A320NEO enhanced version, with a new flightdeck close to the A350 layout. Not identical of course, space constraints make that impossible. But apparently customer demand was not very high, while development costs were, so that was scrapped around two years ago. In essence, airlines were not willing to pay for not much additional use, heck, most do not pay for stuff that has been available for 10 years now, like autopilot TCAS and FLS.