TAM has received today their first A350.
Source: Jujug Sppoting
MSN24 delivery makes the 14th A350 delivered (13th this year) and TAM (now LATAM) is from today the 4th operator in the world.
With register number PT-XTA (test registration F-WZFS) she was airborne on 1st of December.
Source: Jujug Sppoting
During this record period of time of 15 days, there were performed 1 flight test and a Customer Acceptance flight on 8/Dec.
Source: Clement Alloing
But with a bird strike in this last flight, another flight test and Customer Acceptance flight on 14/Dec was required after the small rework.
Today´s delivery flight TAM-9950 to TAMs hub at Sao Paulo will have a stop at Belo Horizonte for paperwork (“to be nationalized”).
Source: Clement Alloing
TAM has became the 1st airline from the Americas to fly the A350 XWB.
LATAM Airlines Group, made up of LAN Airlines and TAM Airlines, ordered 27 A350 XWB aircraft.
Source: Airbus
The carrier will start operating the A350 XWB in January/2016 between Sao Paulo and Manaus.
This will be followed by international operations from Sao Paulo to Miami, to Madrid and to Orlando.