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As speculation continues among aviation enthusiasts about the possibility of an Airbus A360, there is no official confirmation or evidence from Airbus that such a model exists or is under development. The designation has appeared in online discussions and fictional wikis, with some imagining it as a midsize widebody to rival Boeing's 787 or as a futuristic hydrogen-powered jet. However, as of 2025, Airbus has not announced any aircraft under the A360 name.
The absence of both the A360 and A370 in Airbus’s commercial aircraft lineup has fueled theories about whether these numbers are being reserved for future designs or branding flexibility. Unlike Boeing’s more sequential approach to naming jets, Airbus has used a flexible numbering system, sometimes skipping designations. For example, after the A350 came the double-decker A380, bypassing intermediate numbers.
There are several reasons why these numbers may have been skipped. When launching the A380, Airbus wanted to highlight its capacity leap over previous models—the aircraft could carry nearly twice as many passengers as the A340—and chose "A380" partly because the number eight holds significance in Chinese culture. This strategy was intended to appeal to China’s growing aviation market.
