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Subject: Re: Boeing to delay first delivery of 787 Posted on: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:07:20 -0700

me wrote:
> On Oct 11, 11:33 am, john_k...@hotmail.com (John Kulp) wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:31:48 +0100, "William Black"
>
> [snip]
>
>>>The A380 addresses this market, which is already dominated by Airbus
>>>products. The 787 is just another 300 seater wide-bodied jet.
>>
>>Baloney again. Airbus is having huge problems selling the A380
>>because airports have to be rebuilt among other things and most of the
>>demand can be met with other aircraft that don't have this
>>requirement. Like the 787 and newer versions of the 747.
>
>
> Well, you're basically rearguing the Boeing and Airbus positions.
> Boeing has tried to sell stretch 747's to compete with the A380
> but couldn't sell any.

Really? No stretch 747's have been sold?