If that's truly what they want, Airbus is the only way to go. Period.

And they're going to have to order a lot of them. Like an EK "Heros of Farnsborough" order. I don't see that happening all at once, or 25-50 planes at a time. I think they will continue to order a diverse fleet, although eventually I see us with two or three less fleet types. IMO we would have gotten 787's on this order but Boeing was just too committed to the dual subsidized fake royal airlines, their 10 777 bridge deal wasn't sufficient bridge lift and/or [opionion on top of opinion] they were irrational on price because they flat out don't need a small fry US order right now anyway. They are engaged in corrupt economic warfare to drive US airlines out of business while capitalizing on the transfer of our industry to economically hostile foreign entities. They'll sell US airlines widebody planes if we come begging, but they really don't care about any of us.

It will get very interesting if Airbus ever opens a widebody plant in the US.