although I am an airbus fan, I have to agree the -8i is prob the way to go. What I would look at doing is. order 10 or so -8i's. These would be available immediately unlike the large delay for the -380, plan to keep them for approx. 6 years as pax a/c which is really the end of the useful life of it unlike the 380 which is in its first iteration and im sure it will have many more stretches and enhancements once the 350 is online. After said 6 years convert them to freighters and replace them with the 777x which is what we know the company really wants.