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Airbus A350-900 Entry Into Service likely to slip to late-October or...
Aspire Aviation points out that the launch of the 777X appears to have halted much of the sales momentum that the A350-1000 had gathered, though there are marginal incremental orders to be gained,...
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Final paint of the A350 XWB developed by Mapaero, optimizes the weight, fills...
MAPAERO is a French company created in 1992 (part of MAESTRIA group) and a premium specialist in aeronautical paints.MAPAERO is a pioneer in the development of water based paint technology used in...
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Daher-Socata designed and builds the A350 XWB Main Landing Gear Doors “warped”.
Of the hundreds of structural parts and hundreds of moving parts on a commercial airplane, there are very few that are both structural and moving that also face the aerodynamic and...
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A350 XWB completes high altitude testing in Bolivia
The A350 XWB development aircraft MSN3 has completed in Bolivia a series of tests at the high altitude airfields of Cochabamba and La Paz.Operations at such high altitude airfields are particularly...
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First serial A350 XWB final assembly started. MSN6 will be delivered to Qatar...
Airbus’s first serial-production A350 aircraft MSN6 has started the final assembly in Toulouse.The aircraft that is destined for launch customer Qatar Airways, is the first customer A350 airframe....
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The A350 XWB wingtip deflects more than 5 meters after ultimate load application
Airbus successfully performed the ultimate load test of the A350 XWB’s wing in December/2013, applying loads up to 1.5 times higher than those the aircraft would ever encounter in its entire in-service...
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“The A350-800 would likely not be built”. But there are still 61 orders that...
After the announcement from American Airlines Group to convert all of its order for Airbus A350 aircraft (22 aircraft) to the larger -900 variant, the A350-800 only has 61 remaining firm orders. This...
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A350 MSN4 flying prototype will have the Qatar logo on the Vertical Tail Plane
Airbus is to roll out its 4th A350 test-flight aircraft in a special hybrid livery based on the color scheme of Qatar Airways, the launch customer that is to take delivery of its first A350-900 before...
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5 aircraft less in the A350-800 order-book as India’s Kingfisher Airlines is...
Airbus has removed 5 A350-800s (and 5 A380s) originally destined for India’s Kingfisher Airlines from its order book.Kingfisher placed the order for the 5 A350-800s at the June/2005 Paris Air Show,...
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Airbus updates the list-prices for all aircraft; A350-900´s price is 295...
As usual, Airbus has updated the list prices of its aircraft effective from 1st of January 2014.Airbus has increased the average list prices of its aircraft by 2.6% across the product line as per...
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Airbus to decide which aircraft is better to counter the 787 in the 250- to...
The crucial 250- to 300-seat sector is currently being addressed by the A330-300, and COO-Customers Leahy revealed some weeks ago that Airbus is looking at potential modification to the A350-800’s...
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Airbus studies higher A350 monthly-rate deliveries. “The market would easily...
Airbus is exploring higher output of A350 wide-body aircraft, following a similar move by Boeing to help shorten the wait time for customers following its highest order intake ever last year.The...
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Airbus thanks the British government´s support … while there is no news from...
The French president of Airbus, Fabrice Brégier has only praise for the British government’s support of the aviation industry.“The A350 program is progressing well,” he said. “We are on track with our...
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The A350-800 is too small and it has more range than required by most of the...
Airbus is quietly moving away from the current design of the A350-800 and is considering changes that would make the aircraft larger and likely more economical to operate.There is a “distinct...
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Singapore Airshow will get the A350's full debut on the ground and in the air...
Airbus will present the A350 XWB at the Singapore Airshow in February, marking the first full display of the aircraft at an international air show. The flight test aircraft participating in Singapore...
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A350 in Canada ready for cold weather testing.
The Airbus A350 MSN3 prototype will spend around 5 days in temperatures as low as -30 degrees Celsius to prove full functionality of its systems under extreme weather conditions. Test campaign includes...
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How a single pedestrian operator can move heavy components in the A350 XWB...
Wing assembly plant in Broughton is responsible for manufacturing the wings on nearly all Airbus aircraft, from the company’s popular A320 to the A350 XWB.The complex manufacturing and assembly process...
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“The A350-800 is not selling because we’re not selling it”, Airbus COO...
Airbus has not logged any sales for the -800 since 2009 and it has been encouraging customers for the type to convert to the -900.Airbus chief operating officer for customers John Leahy insists that...
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A350 completes the cold weather tests and returns quickly to Toulouse because...
Airbus’ A350 XWB MSN3 development aircraft with a team of 48 Airbus specialists has completed cold weather trials at Iqaluit, Canada. Temperatures reached down to -28°C. The scope of the trials...
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Airbus wants 7 hours on a single engine flight approval for A350 XWB
Airbus has an ambitious goal for its latest model: winning regulatory approval to fly significantly further from emergency landing strips than any other twin-engine jetliner now on the market.Airbus...
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