My favourite commercial flight was on a 787, that was one comfortable plane to fly on (they pressurise to a lower altitude than anything else I’d flown commercial) but every other flight I’ve got in the top ten was airbus.

Given the choice though I’d fly on an airbus with lower passenger comfort than any recent Boeing.

I never used to look at what aircraft it was but now I do and I avoid Boeing, that’s a strategic failure, don’t make customers think is a good rule.

Same here for me. 787 has the best flying customer experience. After that, the rest of the top 10 are airbuses

I think maybe it's the A220 (developed by Bombardier, acquired by Airbus) you're thinking about here, not the A320neo (developed by Airbus)

The originally-Bombardier plane is the A220.

The A320 / A320neo has nothing to do with Bombardier.

Anyone got any idea what's the status of that X1 thingy which was supposed to be like Concord fast but still affordable by peasant class

Are you thinking of Boom Supersonic?

I know next to nothing about aviation or economics, but my gut feeling is a plane with ~80 seats for international flights will be expensive.

https://boomsupersonic.com/

Yup, boom supersonic indeed. I remember reading somewhere that they were also working on a ~200 capacity model

> ~80 seats for international flights will be expensive.

Also, it sounds like a lot of GHG emissions per passenger-mile.