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A350 first prototype MSN1 tests on Châteauroux-Déols. Video
The first A350 prototype MSN1 has been on the Châteauroux-Déols Airport last week performing different tests. Click the picture to watch video1The MSN1 has many Flight Test Instrumentation focused on...
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Not all A350 XWB will be configured in what Airbus considers the passenger...
For the past few months, Airbus has been campaigning for an 18-in seat width standard on long-haul aircraft, even though the European airframer continues to advertise the option for airlines to order a...
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Another A350 customer orders … 777-Xs.
Cathay Pacific has placed an order for 21 Boeing 777-9X aircraft, with deliveries to take place between 2021 and 2024. The aircraft are worth $7.5 billion at list prices, said the Oneworld carrier in...
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Hexcel supplies composite raw material with a value of $5 million per...
“In 2014, we expect another record year with constant currency sales growth of approximately 10%, continued operating income margin expansion, double-digit growth in earnings per share and to generate...
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GKN Aerospace receives its second award for the A350 XWB rear wing spar design.
The UK Composites Industry award for ‘Innovation in Composites Design’ is one of 8 awards made by Composite UK, the trade body for the UK composites industry.This second award also recognizes the...
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EADS CEO Tom Enders awarded as the Best Performing CAC 40 Manager by as per...
EADS Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tom Enders has been named Best Performing Manager among the CAC 40 companies by France’s Challenges Magazine. Enders was presented with the award by Fleur Pellerin,...
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Two news in one headline; “American Airlines’ A350s will be A350-900s”
American Airlines – which merged with US Airways last 9/Dec – said that the company and Airbus have amended the agreement to state that its 22 A350s will be A350-900s. Deliveries will begin in 2017.The...
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A350 XWB in Japan. JAL´s 4-class “Sky Suite” configuration leaves the...
JAL placed a firm order for 18 Airbus A350-900s and 13 A350-1000s on 7/October/2013, in what Boeing Capital Corporation managing director Kostya Zolotusky characterised as “a heartbreak”, exactly...
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General Electric is not supplying the engines for the A350 XWB, but they are...
When the Airbus A350 is progressing on the flight test campaign, much attention is focused on the Rolls-RoyceTrent XWB powerplants. But while the Trent XWB is the only engine available for the new big...
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After the Type Certification and Entry Into Service of the A350-900 in 2014,...
European aerospace group EADS pledged to shun risky investments and new plane programs as it looked to bury the ghost of troubled projects and promised investors a smoother ride in coming years. “We...
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A350 third prototype MSN2 rolls out of paint hangar with special black&white...
Airbus has rolled-out its 3rd A350 XWB flight-test aircraft, MSN2, from the paint shop in Toulouse. As well as featuring a distinctive “Carbon” signature livery to reflect its primary construction from...
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A350 XWB double stretch decision is linked with the smaller variant A350-800...
Air Lease Corp. Chairman and CEO Steve Udvar-Hazy believes any Airbus decision to further stretch the A350 will hinge on its ability to get rid of the current backlog of the A350-800, which has been...
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A350 XWB Family orders status.
Airbus currently holds 814 firm orders for the A350, the bulk of which (549) are for the baseline A350-900. Meanwhile, Airbus is shifting engineering resources to the stretched A350-1000, due to enter...
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No orders for A350-800 since 4 years and indications that the A330 boom may...
Airbus is proud that its A330 has been selling so well in recent years, and in fact has outsold the 787 since its launch. But in spite of the launch of the 242-ton version that increased its range, and...
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MSN2 and MSN4 will join the A350 flight-test program in February
If 2013 was the year of 2 very important first flights, 2014 will have to be an important year of execution: Airbus has committed to delivering the first A350-900, Boeing will hand over the first...
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Natural Ice campaign will also test another crítical behaviour of the A350 XWB
Natural Icing trials main objectives are to assess wing anti-ice behaviour and to check aircraft behaviour with natural ice (mainly in the empennage).There are planned around 5 flights and other...
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A350 flies to Latin America as part of flight test campaign
The Airbus A350 XWB MSN3 prototype landed yesterday in Cochabamba - Bolivia during its first visit to Latin America as part of the A350 flight test campaign. The aircraft flight was the longest since...
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Is there market for these 5 Airbus models? A350-800, A350-Regional, A350-900,...
Based on the article published by Leeham, the possibility of Airbus launching an A330 new engine option appears to be gaining ground. Leeham´s Market Intelligence said that Airbus is considering a...
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