It's not lobbying, it's the model under which airlines operate. When airbus started to develop the A380 they assumed that hubs would become more important and a

It's not lobbying, it's the model under which airlines operate. When airbus started to develop the A380 they assumed that hubs would become more important and airport capacity scarcer. Instead, there are more point to point connections now (mostly by low cost carriers) where A380 isn't profitable. That has helped Boeing's Dreamliner but also the A330 and A320 range. Boeing also spent some money developing the B748 and weren't successful, it's not as if their forecasts were very different.