Isn't A350 the competitor to Dreamliner? No. The A350 and 787 both use composite materials, and that's the end of the similarities; they're planes of different

Isn't A350 the competitor to Dreamliner? No. The A350 and 787 both use composite materials, and that's the end of the similarities; they're planes of different size classes, designed for different market niches. The A350 is a competitor for the 777; both planes are designed for high-demand long-haul routes. Airbus currently does not have a competitor for the 787, which is designed for medium-demand long- to ultra-long-haul routes. Or in other words: an A350 or 777 is what you fly between two major top-tier cities with lots of passenger demand. Think of routes like Hong Kong to San Francisco (which is routinely flown by... A350s and 777s). A 787 is what you fly between places that are far apart, but don't have quite so much demand. This is important because the 787 has opened up the possibility of flying routes airlines wouldn't have considered before, while the A350 just plops into existing routes easily. The 787 was basically single-handedly responsible for the return of trans-Pacific flights to San Jose, for example, and Qantas is about to launch nonstop(!) service from Perth to London on a 787.