Only really Dassault left to fill that sequence and they don't compete directly in that market any more ( though their Mercure fuselage lives on in the A320 ser

Only really Dassault left to fill that sequence and they don't compete directly in that market any more ( though their Mercure fuselage lives on in the A320 series. Marcel Bloch wanted something wider than the 737 for marketing purposes ). The "D"s appear to be cursed; de Havilland Canada, Dornier and ( McDonnell )-Douglas have all disappeared since 2000.