Aircraft comparison

Airbus A350 XWB vs Boeing 787 Dreamliner

A Model
Airbus A350 XWB illustration

Airbus A350 XWB

Airbus · variant A350-900

Still in production
2013First flight315Typical passengers15,742 kmRange
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B Model
Boeing 787 Dreamliner illustration

Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Boeing · variant 787-9

Still in production
2009First flight296Typical passengers14,010 kmRange
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Natural rivals

In a nutshell

The Airbus A350 XWB carries 19 more passengers than the Boeing 787 Dreamliner: 6% more.

The Airbus A350 XWB flies 1,732 km farther non-stop than the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. That difference is like a Bogotá–Lima flight.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner first flew 4 years before the Airbus A350 XWB.

Nose to tail, the Airbus A350 XWB is 4.0 m longer than the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

To scale

Parked side by side at the same scale: each drawing is as wide as the aircraft is long (the chosen variant or, when the model is chosen, its representative variant).

AAirbus A350 XWB
Airbus A350 XWB illustration
66.8 m · 219 ft
BBoeing 787 Dreamliner
Boeing 787 Dreamliner illustration
62.8 m · 206 ft
10 m

Figure by figure

Each bar is measured against the largest in the comparison; the crown marks the leader.

Passengers and range
A315up to 440
B296up to 420
A15,742 km8,500 NM
B14,010 km7,565 NM
A17 h 26 min
B15 h 31 min
Speed and altitude
Cruise speedA Mach 0.85 · B Mach 0.85
A903 km/h488 kt
B903 km/h488 kt
A13,137 m43,100 ft
B13,100 m42,979 ft
Size
Length
A66.8 m219 ft
B62.8 m206 ft
A64.8 m212 ft
B60.1 m197 ft
Height
A17.1 m56 ft
B17.0 m56 ft
Weights
A283,000 kg623,907 lb
B259,228 kg571,499 lb
A142,400 kg313,938 lb
B128,820 kg283,999 lb
Production
Units built
A700
B1,150

Lifeline

From each model's first flight to the end of its production.

AAirbus A350 XWB2013 → today
BBoeing 787 Dreamliner2009 → today
200020102020

Figures for each variant (and, when the model is chosen, for its most representative variant), taken from manufacturers' published specifications and standard aviation references: every configuration changes them somewhat. A specific aircraft takes its variant's figures when its designation identifies it unambiguously, plus the data in its own record.

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