Several reports say that ILFC plans a major 787 buy before year’s end. This Chicago Tribune story covers Steven Udvar-Hazy’s comments in Paris in Tuesday on why he likes the plane and why he hasn’t ordered it so far.

Key Quote (discussing why he prefers the 787 over the A350): “Airbus, by contrast, at first tried to get by with ‘a derivative, a super-A330,’ Udvar-Hazy said, referring to Airbus’ popular midsize aircraft. But an incremental update was not attractive when facing up to the all-new 787, and ‘you see more and more of a new concept as opposed to a derivative concept,’ Udvar-Hazy said.”

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0506150165jun15,1,7931858.story?coll=chi-business-hed&ctrack=2&cset=true