Call it what you like, but if it's got new wings, engines and a fuselage, then it ain't the A350 anymore. ILFC sunk it, and others soon followed, including SQ. The rejigged A350, or whatever Airbus call it now, won't be ready until 2012 at the earliest, giving even more of the market to the 787. Boeing have jst announced the -10 version, who wants to bet Emirates won't buy 100 of them?
I know Boeing may have underperformed in years gone by, but they really have stolen a march on Airbus this time! I feel the same may be true of the A380: too big, too costly, too much wake turbulence and only a few airports that can use it. Anyone remember the last time Airbus sold one? If Virgin cancel as rumoured here on Pprune, then like the A350, it will be hard to see how it can sell enough to make any money on them.