The layman’s guide to the A330Neo – While the big story from this week is this: Etihad beware the mighty low costs!

Credible information reaches these offices that while Airbus is in talks with A330 investors to ensure the price point of any A330Neo aircraft is significantly higher than the current A330 offerings, the manufacturer is also closing-in on launch agreements with airlines at prices that are, shall we say, not a great deal higher than current A330 prices, or at least not high enough. As mentioned previously, Airbus is between a rock and a hard place in that it needs to price any A330Neo competitively against the 787-800, which it cannot leave unchecked as is the case right now. At the