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Kuwait's parliament will investigate the provisional agreement of Kuwait...
Kuwait's parliament voted last week to investigate a deal between the state carrier and Airbus to buy and lease aircraft.Politics have long complicated Kuwait's plans to modernize its infrastructure...
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Airbus confident in the EIS of the A350; “We have taken a lot of risk out of...
According to Fernando Alonso - senior vice-president flight and integration tests-, Airbus had built in some contingencies into the schedule in case some significant difficulties would be discovered,...
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Singapore Airlines pilots feel at home in the A350 XWB. Commonality is key.
The A350 XWB has been given high marks by two Singapore Airlines pilots following a demonstration flight from Changi Airport in this new jetliner – as both praised its commonality with the A380 and...
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Qatar could order more A350 -1000s
Qatar Airways is in talks with Airbus about an order for additional A350 XWBs, probably -1000s, as it prepares for the arrival of its first A350-900 later this year.“There is a possibility that we will...
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Extreme temperature tests second round scheduled for May. But this time the...
Following the Bolivia and Canada trials, the A350 will undergo another round of extreme temperature tests in May, but this time it will use the McKinley Climatic Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base in...
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Detailed analysis of the A350´s fuel burn and range performance will be done...
Airbus will undertake detailed analysis of the A350 XWB’s fuel burn and range performance with the first fully representative aircraft when it flies in May, but is confident that it is on course to...
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Qatar will fly to New York with A350s in 2015.
Qatar Airways, the largest customer of the A350 is prepared for the arrival of its first A350-900s later this year.The airline says it will not be able to assess whether the -900 has met performance...
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Two new A350 flying prototypes airborne on the same day
The A350 XWB flight test aircraft, MSN2 and MSN4, have both taken to the skies from Toulouse airport for their respective first flights, bringing the total number of A350 XWBs now flying from 2 to...
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A350 will be at ILA Berlin and at Farnborough airshows
Qatar Airways is aiming to steal the limelight at this year’s Farnborough airshow by displaying no less than 4 airliners including an A380, an A320, an A350, and a 787.Airbus will display the A350 MSN4...
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A350 XWB; emergency exit on the first prototypes.
Each test flight is operated by a crew of 2 pilots and 3 flight engineers, who monitor the stream of data flowing from a multitude of sensors into a bank of computers installed in the middle of the...
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A350 recurring costs higher than planned. How much? (1/2)
Rising costs have led Airbus to take a €434 million one-off charge against the A350 program in the Q4/2013. Chief Financial Officer Harald Wilhelm, presenting Airbus Group´s 2013 financial results in...
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A350 recurring costs higher than planned. Why? (2/2)
The €434m charge reflects extra work on late design changes, as well as costs associated with improvements to capabilities in the supply chain, both outside and inside Airbus.The challenges of an...
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What´s going on with the MSN1 A350 prototype?
A350 MSN1 is currently grounded for the installation of the production-standard electrical power center and system, incorporating nickel-cadmium batteries in place of the Lithium-ion power.Registered...
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Who is the first woman onboard the A350?
Sylvie Loisel-Labaste is the first pilot-woman at Airbus: "I entered at Airbus in 2000 as a flight test engineer. My first position as engineer was at the centre of test-flights in Bretigny sur Orge....
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Qatar Airways: “A350 is ahead of schedule”
Airbus may be able to deliver the A350 before deadline as the manufacturer is ahead of schedule in testing, according to Qatar Airways CEO, the plane’s biggest and launch customer.The A350 is due for...
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ANA or the 2nd battle of Japan between 777X and A350
Boeing said it’s working “very hard” to secure an order from ANA after its decades-long dominance in Japan was challenged last year by a $9.5 billion aircraft deal for Airbus.“There’s a campaign, and...
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Finnair is not interested on the A350-1000 at the moment.
Finnair will be the first A350 operator in Europe in 2015.Miika Haario, the A350 fleet manager of Finnair has updated the integration of the A350 and its future missions.Finnair will receive the first...
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Japanese humanoid robots will soon help in the assembly lines
The Airbus Puerto Real plant in Cádiz (Spain) where the A350 HTP boxes are assembled, is leading a project to expand the automation of its assembly processes with the use of 2 armed humanoid robots to...
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ISAMI tool for detailed structural sizing in A350.
For the A350-900 structural development and certification, LMS Caesam -a Siemens business- provided the foundation for deploying Airbus harmonized methods to more than 2,000 stress engineers at more...
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MSN2 cabin equipped A350 prototype in Hamburg for next 2 weeks.
The A350 prototype MSN2 has landed for the first time in Hamburg at 14:30h. For next 2 weeks, an extensive testing program of the cabin will be performed in Finkenwerder.MSN2 is already equipped with...
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