Airbus Marks Its Pinnacle Years by 2030, Boeing's Pinnacle Is Now Through 2030.

Boeing is not waiting for 2030 for capturing the market. It has set its sights on entrenching a hold on the world market through 2015 past 2030, making a pinnacle statement of world's largest aircraft maker in the midst of Airbus' former reign of being or trying to be the worlds largest aircraft maker for a couple of years. Every statement Airbus makes is now geared away from world largest aircraft maker, with a transitioning statement pointing towards, saying, " by 2030 we will do this". Does this mean Airbus is over 15 years behind Boeing in its aircraft design? If the answer is "yes", then they recognized they have laid-up short during the last 8 years with the A350 project, Airbus missed the mark on its superjumbo hub maker, and underestimated Boeing's previous tenuous nature, where the A350 does not compare to its newfound combative presentation from Boeing and its family of aircraft of Hub Breaker.

Top 20 Mega Hubs By Passenger Volume In The World: Wikipedia

Rank	Airport	Location	IATA code	ICAO code	Total passengers	Rank Change	% Change
1.	Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport	Atlanta, Georgia, United States	ATL	KATL	21,580,661		1.5%
2.	Beijing Capital International Airport	Chaoyang, Beijing, China	PEK	ZBAA	20,231,042		1.4%
3.	Dubai International Airport	Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	DXB	OMDB	18,361,820	4	11.4%
4.	Tokyo Haneda Airport	Ōta, Tokyo, Japan	HND	RJTT	16,649,295		5.0%
5.	London Heathrow Airport	Hillingdon, London, United Kingdom	LHR	EGLL	16,043,199	2	0.5%
6.	Los Angeles International Airport	Los Angeles, California, United States	LAX	KLAX	15,970,093		5.9%
7.	Hong Kong International Airport	Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, China	HKG	VHHH	14,984,000	4	5.5%
8.	O'Hare International Airport	Chicago, Illinois, United States	ORD	KORD	14,749,239	3	0.3%
9.	Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport	Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, United States	DFW	KDFW	14,662,106		3.5%
10.	Charles de Gaulle Airport	Roissy-en-France, Île-de-France, France	CDG	LFPG	13,805,887	2	2.8%
11.	Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport	Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China	CAN	ZGGG	13,594,624	5	5.6%
12.	Soekarno-Hatta International Airport	Cengkareng, Banten, Indonesia	CGK	WIII	13,591,941	2	2.4%
13.	Singapore Changi Airport	Changi, Singapore	SIN	WSSS	13,199,802		1.1%
14.	Denver International Airport	Denver, Colorado, United States	DEN	KDEN	12,380,937	1	1.7%
15.	Istanbul Atatürk Airport	Istanbul, Turkey	IST	LTBA	12,359,428	1	10.5%
16.	Kuala Lumpur International Airport	Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia	KUL	WMKK	12,332,959	3	16.5%
17.	Suvarnabhumi Airport	Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Thailand	BKK	VTBS	12,318,063		8.9%
18.	Frankfurt Airport	Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany	FRA	EDDF	12,174,092	6	2.0%
19.	Shanghai Pudong International Airport	Pudong, Shanghai, China	PVG	ZSPD	12,015,978	2	6.4%
20.	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol	Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands	AMS	EHAM	11,139,875	6	4.7%

The 787-9 is really the "Game Changer", not like a prototypical 787-8. Boeing has changed so much from its learning points from the 787-8, that the 787-9 will please, astound, and change aviation more than what Boeing originally claimed during the onset of the 787-8 program.  The 300 passenger 787-9 allotment of seats is about right. Its 8500-mile range is astounding and the innovation found on-board is incredible. Fancy seats on the A350 won't catch the 787-9, nor will the XWB motif sell more airplanes. Boeing has set a standard Airbus can't reach in 2015. Maybe by 2030, they will attempt to catch up with Boeing again.

As reported earlier, Emirates is tipping its hand towards Boeing, as a critical Middle East customer, as it dropped 70 Airbus from its order books and just purchased 150 777X 350-400 seat passenger jets. These jets pick-up where the 787-9 leaves off. The passengers will not be crammed-in while fitting out with 350-400 seat range, as found in 331 seated 787-800 or an A330 NEO type. The range, now that it is mentioned, erases the need for mega hubs other than landing in one, because that is truly your destination.

It means you can also go anywhere from a mega hub to small vacation destinations directly, on a sizable Boeing aircraft. The 8,500-mile reach in comfort is the actual start of a vacation until you reach the next baggage claim turnstile in the South Pacific. That doesn't sound A380 style at all since South Pacific atolls don't land the A380, where a 787-9 could. Should freight be the next 777X topic?

Boeing rejects 'mega-city' case for A380

By: DAVID KAMINSKI-MORROW

LONDON

Source: 

in 2 hours

Boeing is dismissing Airbus’s claim that the emergence of “mega-cities” will drive future demand for high-capacity transports including the A380.

Airbus has stated that there are 42 cities handling more than 10,000 daily long-haul passengers – those flying over 2,000nm internationally.

It adds that this figure will more than double to 89 by 2032. Airbus has said that the traffic volumes will demand the use of large aircraft such as the A380.

But Boeing vice-president of marketing Randy Tinseth, speaking as the airframer detailed its latest 20-year forecast in London, said there was “no data that supports [those] conclusions”.

Boeing’s latest 20-year forecast claims that in the 15 years to 2014, the number of seats per flight at the top 25 long-haul airports has decreased by 2%.

Frequency and capacity at these airports, it states, has risen by around 60% as the number of destinations served has increased by 46%.

Tinseth says that “expansion, not size” is the driving element behind the figures. He credits the development of the Boeing 777 and 787 for giving airlines the flexibility to open new markets, adding that Boeing “didn’t expect” services such as British Airways’ 787 operations from London to Austin.

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The Airbus recent mantra: "is wait for 2030, then we'll beat "em".

Boeing mantra, "we've only just begun to fight, can't wait for 2015".