I agree with the Boeing view of the future. The hub system is not very passenger friendly. People will be demanding more point-to-point service because they are tired of having 2-3 or more hours added to their flight because of having to fly through a hub. It's also better for the airlines to have more point-to-point service on their systems. If an aircraft has to transit a hub and that hub has delays, then the entire system is messed up. This assumes that point-to-point aircraft doesn't, at some time during the day, go to that messed up hub. David R > Clay Wardlow wrote: > > > With all the talk this week of the 7E7, I started to wonder how Airbus > > sees it. Do they see it as a threat, or do they just see it as Boeing > > trying to be like them, but ultimately they will fail. > > > > What do you think? > > Airbus has a different vision of the future than Boeing. Basically, > Airbus sees increasing demand over key hub to hub routes resulting in > the need for bigger airplanes, thus the A380. Boeing sees hubs breaking > up in favor of point to point service, thus a need for smaller, but > potentially long range, aircraft, such as the 7E7. > > -- > David Mueller / MRY > dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx > http://www.quanterium.com