Boeing Was Right
Boeing pulled out of the large airplane development stating that the worldwide market for such an airplane was around 100 (Airbus has 95 on order). It takes 300 sold to make a profit from the development. Once again Airbus proves profit is not its motive nor are dividends for its stock holders.
Too bad Boeing wasn't smart enough to tell Southwest to take a hike when they went to the drawing board for the Next Generation 737. Imagine if Boeing had poured all it hard work on the best airplane flying (B777) and aplied it to a narrow body (170 pax) version. That would have been a real Next Generation single aisle airplane.
Boeing would be kicking ass on orders compared to the old design of the A320.