With the announcement by Aerosoft/Toliss of the A340, and the iniBuilds announcement of the A340 as well, I realized that within 2 years, MSFS will have a decent fidelity version of every modern Boeing and Airbus airliner.  Maybe it won't have all the variants, but I think within 2 years, every modern Boeing and Airbus will be represented in the simulator, at a decent fidelity.  And by decent fidelity, I am referring to at least iniBuilds/FBW fidelity, or above:

Airbus:

A220 - upcoming from Synaptic Simulations
A319 - Fenix
A320 - Fenix, FBW, iniBuilds
A321 - Fenix, FSLabs, iniBuilds
A330 - iniBuilds
A340 - upcoming from Aerosoft/Toliss, upcoming from iniBuilds
A350 - iniBuilds
A380  - FBW, upcoming from iniBuilds

Boeing:

737 - PMDG, iFly
747 - upcoming from PMDG
757 - upcoming from Bluebird Simulations
767- upcoming from Bluebird Simulations
777 - PMDG
787- upcoming from Bluebird Simulations, Working Title & Horizon Simulations(?)

The only one that may be debatable for "decent fidelity" is the 787, since that is mostly based on Working Title's work. If you think the Horizon Simulations mod of the Working Title 787 is of "decent fidelity," then the 787 is included in that list. If you don't think it is, then the Bluebird Simulations 787 will probably be at least iniBuilds fidelity or above, but it's probably more than 2 years off.

And if you look at the Airbus & Boeing list above, there isn't much up for grabs anymore, except specific variants.  The only one that is up for grabs, if you think Working Title & Horizon Simulations is not "decent fidelity," is the 787.  This means there is time for another competitor to tackle the 787, if Bluebird Simulations is at least 2 years away from the 787.  At Bluebird Simulation's pace of development and because the 767 is their next priority after the 757, it could even be 4 years until they realistically release the 787, so this gives ample time for another competitor to do a high fidelity 787 before Bluebird does.

Anyways, I think we have come a long way since MSFS 2020 was released 5 years ago.  I never imagined the day for MSFS where we would have a  decent fidelity version of every Boeing and Airbus modern airliner, but we are approaching that day soon!

Edited July 10, 2025Jul 10 by abrams_tank

I just want the A220.

It should have been a default MSFS 2020 plane by MS/Asobo.

737-200 for me! Not heard anything about the Blackbird one for ages. 

It's becoming very hard to keep track of all the great aircraft already released or upcoming 😅 (and hard to keep the wallet from getting drained hehe).

Good list Abrams, am wondering if there are any lists maintained by others out there (I remember a few lists maintained by some on the official forums). Rather than a complete list, would be good to just have those aircraft of medium or higher fidelity and with generally good or better reviews.

Apart from the Airbuses and Boeings you list, there are some other good airliners or heavier aircraft, and also loads of great GA releases and announcements of what looks to be great birds. And then there are the gliders and helis.
 

Where is Quality Wings when you need them lol.

 

16 minutes ago, lwt1971 said:

It's becoming very hard to keep track of all the great aircraft already released or upcoming 😅 (and hard to keep the wallet from getting drained hehe).

If not for the delay on the release of the FlightFX C750, we would have had the FSLabs A321 Neo, Black Square Starship, A2A Aerostar, and FlightFX C750 released within a span of a few weeks!  That is very heavy on the wallet, if you buy all 4 of them 😁

16 minutes ago, lwt1971 said:

Good list Abrams, am wondering if there are any lists maintained by others out there (I remember a few lists maintained by some on the official forums). Rather than a complete list, would be good to just have those aircraft of medium or higher fidelity and with generally good or better reviews.

Apart from the Airbuses and Boeings you list, there are some other good airliners or heavier aircraft, and also loads of great GA releases and announcements of what looks to be great birds. And then there are the gliders and helis.
 

 

Yup, there are so many 3rd party add-ons being release for MSFS, it is definitely hard to keep track of them all.  A lot of great GA releases, as well as gliders and helicopters coming to MSFS as well!

Meet the Fokkers!

https://www.justflight.com/in-development/f70-100-professional

A 717 done by PMDG would be a welcome surprise.  TFDi seems to have their hands full with the MD-11 and I can't see them moving on from it at all.

2 hours ago, abrams_tank said:

With the announcement by Aerosoft/Toliss

Careful, you will set them off again.

Include A300-600 and A310 (both by iniBuilds) and the 727 by FSS.

And from the McDonnell-Douglas side, this is what we have:
DC-9, (Sky Simulations...is it good enough for this list)?
DC-10, upcoming from Aerodynamics; KC-10 included
MD-11, available from TFDi
MD-80, available Leonardo SH

2 hours ago, bobcat999 said:

737-200 for me! Not heard anything about the Blackbird one for ages. 

For the 737, I think we may need to count it 4 times. Also, the A300 and the 747 may need to be counted twice each:

A300-B4, upcoming from Just Flight
A300-600, available from iniBuilds

747-200 (the classics), upcoming from PMDG
747-400 (the modern ones), upcoming from PMDG

737 ancient (-100/-200)… nobody has done one yet
737 classics, available from CSS
737 NG, available from PMDG
737 MAX, available from iFly

16 minutes ago, ATRguy said:

A 717 done by PMDG would be a welcome surprise.  TFDi seems to have their hands full with the MD-11 and I can't see them moving on from it at all.

I think TFDi will tackle the 717 first, as soon they finish P3D development of their MD-11. They have a head start with their FSX/P3D version. PMDG looks to be hands full with both of their 747s.

Edited July 10, 2025Jul 10 by Luis Hernandez

7 minutes ago, Luis Hernandez said:

Include A300 and A310 (both by iniBuilds) and the 727 by FSS.

And from the McDonnell-Douglas side, this is what we have:
DC-9 (Sky Simulations...is it good enough)?
DC-10 upcoming from Aerodynamics; KC-10 included
MD-11 TFDi
MD-80 Leonardo SH

And I think TFDi will tackle the 717 first, as soon they finish P3D development of their MD-11. I think they have a head start. PMDG looks to be hands full with both of their 747s.

I guess those would count as classic airliners? Even for classic airliners, there are some decent fidelity to high fidelity versions of them that have been done for MSFS.  I can definitely see more 3rd party developers starting some projects for classic airliners, once all the modern airliners have all been done for MSFS at a decent to high level of fidelity.

I consider an A300-600 to be a "modern airliner".

5 minutes ago, abrams_tank said:

I guess those would count as classic airliners?

My bad, I didn't read the full title. But yes, I'd count some of them  (732, 742 A300-B4, DC-9 and DC-10) as such. I understand some others would also rate the 744, the A300-600 and the MD-11 as classics.

A300B4

https://www.justflight.com/in-development/a300-b4-professional

Can we get a good supersonic passenger Jet (Concorde) perhaps? We have enough A32's and 73's already.

Edited July 10, 2025Jul 10 by JBDB-MD80