Why Might The World's Best-Selling Passenger Widebody Aircraft Have Airbus Worried?

Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner—already the world’s best-selling passenger widebody—has raised questions for Airbus about how to match its long-run market dominance. The 787 entered commercial service in October 2011 with ANA on a Tokyo Narita (NRT) to Hong Kong (HKG) route, and roughly 15 years later it has carried more than one billion passengers worldwide. Boeing says the global fleet totals 1,276 aircraft, having flown nearly five million flights and over 30 million flight hours, averaging more than 2,100 flights per day. The article outlines 787 variants including 787-8, 787-9 and 787-10, with lengths from 186 to 224 feet, passenger capacities up to 440, and ranges from 7,285 to 8,705 miles. It also frames the Airbus A350 as the closest competitor.