Airbus has announced on 22/January in a presentation to Deutsche Bank investors an upgrade to the A350 capacity.
Source: Airbus
The forthcoming upgrade was hinted to media at Airbus annual press conference 2 weeks ago by Didier Evrard, Airbus head of programs, but no details were given at the time.
Source: Felix Gottwald
The changes were now spelled out more in detail, including pictures of the changed sections of the cabin.
Source: Leeham News
The improvement program brings the Cabin-Flex lavatories to the A350 interior catalog, enabling smaller lavatory footprint and thereby increased seating densities.
Source: Felix Gottwald
Airbus has also reworked galleys around the 3rd and 4th door pairs, thereby freeing up galley area in other parts of the cabin.
Taken together, Airbus claims an 18 seat improvement for the A350-1000, making it a 387 seater in a 2 class configuration.
Based on the article “A350-1000 gets upgrade to 387 seats; we analyse the consequences” published in Leeham News.