However AirBUS is government sponsored and always will be.
No matter what Boeing comes up with AIRBUS will match it with their next equivalant types and then make it 20% less to buy. How can poor old Boeing compete with this? Boeing have been losing more and more market share every year for the last 5 now.
We all prefer Boeing products (well most seem too) but I always think how will they go in the next 10 to 15 years as the current a/c starting heading towards the end of their life..
IF you were an accountant WHY would you choose boeing when you could choose a type where quite often SIMs will be chucked in for free, and cost so much less to buy. Add to that the common rating issue (something I think Boeing should have done years ago) and if you are an airline with more than one type than you just wouldnt pick them?.....would you?
Purely from an ecconomics point of view. Qantas are getting the A380, have the A330, plus the 320 with scarestar, you have to wonder could the day ever arise when its an all Airbus fleet once the boeings finish their time. Another way for the bookkeepers to save a few more bucks?.....