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By Bjorn Fehrm
January 28, 2020, © Leeham News: Last week, we analyzed the smallest member of the Airbus A350 family, the A350-800. After Airbus changed the variant to a non-optimal "cut and shut" variant, it was no longer competitive.
Airbus froze the development of the A350-800 and then let it slip out of the program (it's never officially canceled). The A330neo became the replacement for the A350-800. Was this the right decision? Is the A330neo the better airplane?
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