Airbus A350 vs Boeing 787
The Airbus A350 and the Boeing 787 Dreamliner are twin-engine widebodies of the same generation, and the cockpit settles it first: the A350 wears a black "mask" around its cockpit windows, the 787 has a smooth nose without one. The wingtips confirm it — the A350's curve upward, while the 787's long, strongly flexing wings end in raked tips without winglets. Compared variant for variant, the A350-900 is the larger of the two: about 4 metres longer than the 787-9, with about 4.6 metres more wingspan.
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Side by side
| Specification | Airbus A350 | Boeing 787 |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 66.8 m (219 ft) | 62.8 m (206 ft) |
| Wingspan | 64.8 m (212 ft) | 60.1 m (197 ft) |
| Height | 17 m (56 ft) | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Maximum passengers | 440 | 426 |
| Persons on board | 235-440 | 420 |
| Maximum take-off weight | 268 t | 245 t |
| Range | 8,100 NM (15,001 km) | 7,635 NM (14,140 km) |
| Maximum speed | 488 kt (904 km/h) | 490 kt (907 km/h) |
| Service ceiling | 43,100 ft (13,137 m) | 43,100 ft (13,137 m) |
| Optimum ceiling | 35,000 ft (10,668 m) | – |
| Take-off distance | – | 2,800 m (9,186 ft) |
| Fuel capacity | – | 126,300 l |
| Engines | Trent XWB | GEnx-1B/Trent 1000 |
| Units built | 601 | – |
| Airframes seen in 30 days | 628 | 763 |
| Rarity in CatchFlights | Uncommon | Uncommon |
Compared variant for variant: the Airbus A-350-900 XWB and the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Specifications are curated by CatchFlights from manufacturer documents, ICAO Doc 8643 and reference works; a dash means no source could confirm the value.
Airframes seen are the different aircraft of each type the receiver networks CatchFlights uses saw in the last 30 days — a lower bound, since aircraft out of range or without a broadcasting transponder are not counted.
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