Airbus has been openly reluctant to actually build the shorter A350-800. But it still holds 79 firm orders for the type, and some customers are proving hard to convince to trade upward. Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot, last week opted to convert 10 orders for the -800 into commitments for the larger -900 version, but still wants eight of its original call for 22 aircraft to be the smallest A350 family member. The backlog for the -800 has already been cut by more than half in previous years.
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