In my eyes the A330 is a competitor of some versions of the 777... Just look at some decision making with airlines... recently it is more often a game between the A330 and 777 then between the A340 and 777... In any case my post was meant to discuss the reasons why Boeing loses out all the time and what they could/should do to be a bit more competitive.... because it looks like lately there is no competition left... Airbus simply takes all the big orders leaving Boeing with the crumbs... Perhaps the feeling at Boeing is... we prefer to sell 10 planes and make money on all 10 rather than sell 50 and lose money on 40... but on the other hand employment in the US would benefit from selling an additional 500 aircraft... I don't know and that's why I put this question on this list... >Well, first off, the A330 is not a direct competitor to the 777, the A340 is. > Yes, the A330 has outsold the 767 (its more proper competitor) in recent >years, but has not sold as many over its life (which seems to be >fast coming to >an end because of the A350/7E7 war). This is mainly due to the cargo carrying >ability of the A330 as compares to the 767. Boeing has recieved 642 orders >for the 777 (compared to 352 for all A340s, even though the A340 is an older >model), including 81 and growing for the 773ER and 772LR, which have >been around >for 5 fewer years than the A345/A346. That is about 80% of the orders, in >much less time. I really don't see how the 777 is being outsold by >anything when >the 2 planes that were built to compete with it, A340 and MD-11, have sold >fewer PAX models combined than the 777.