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Re: Boeing 787

The A380 is too big. Plain and simple. Airbus would have been better off making a direct competitor to the 747 (something in the same size range, but with composites and other new technologies). Even so, things are looking good for aviation right now. Lots of very good new commercial aircraft coming out. Bombardier just launched the CRJ Next-gen. Bombardier is also studying a 90 seat version of it's Q400 (dash 8) series turboprop. The Embraer 170 and 190 series are doing well. Sukhoi is working on their new airliner called the Superjet (and Boeing is helping them). And who can forget the VLJ "gold rush" that's happening. It really is an exciting time in this business.
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