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Cables for digital transmission in A350 are 25% lighter.
Draka Fileca is the French supplier (at Sainte-Geneviève, from the Prysmian Group) that has developed a cable for digital transmission for A350 XWB family. The cable not only had to enable high...
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A350 XWB cargo doors developed by Eurocopter- Deutschland but manufactured in...
Eurocopter is in charge of all aircraft doors (passenger, service and cargo doors) of the A350 XWB, which represents a further step in the process of generating synergies and applying expertise for...
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Japanese titanium forging for the main landing gears of the A350
Kobe Steel and Messier-Bugatti-Dowty have agreed to a contract for Kobe Steel to supply the French company of the Safran Group with titanium forgings for the main landing gears of the Airbus A350...
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A350 cabin interior will be unveiled in Hamburg next Monday
Airbus will unveil its first A350 cabin and seats next Monday at Airbus' new Cabin Design Centre in Hamburg, where airlines with orders for the A350 will choose the fitout for their planes from tip to...
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Qatar Airways, launch customer of the A350 XWB: "How are you, my friend?"
As we can see in this video, when Qatar CEO visited the Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse in February, Airbus CEO was waiting him. "How are you, my friend?" said Bregier.Click in the picture to...
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Airbus will take a decision on A350-800 before summer; 12 orders cancelled.
Leasing company Aircraft Purchase Fleet has canceled an order for 12 A350-800s, the smallest version of the A350 XWB family.APF is the special purpose company set up for Alitalia Airlines, which is a...
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A350 prototype made the North Pole flight test.
The MSN2 flight test prototype made last week, on Wednesday 2/April, a special flight; 13 hours and a half flying as AIB09GG callsign departing from Toulouse at around 7 in the morning and arriving at...
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A350 Cabin interior unveiled. Plastic pipes with warm water to simulate...
Airbus has unveiled the A350’s development cabin interior installed on board flight-test aircraft MSN2 at the Airbus site in Hamburg.http://www.airbus.com/galleries/photo-gallery/MSN2, which made its...
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MSN5 prototype could fly by end of April or beginning of May
As explained in the article published in Flug Revue, by end of April or beginning of May the fifth flight test prototype MSN5 will join the certification campaign. It will have a “light” flight test...
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Touch down! A350 lands in UK for the first time.
MSN3 prototype has landed today at Cotswold Airport, England (EGBP) as part of the ongoing flight test.This prototype has landed in previuos months in Bolivia, Canada, Qatar, Singapore, Spain and...
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A350 Flight Test Instrumentation team. "Excel in Testing, Test for Excellence”
Orange is the color of the Airbus flight test Division. "Everything that is orange here, belongs to the test equipment", Airbus test pilot Wolfgang Absmeier said.Click the picture to watch the...
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Rolls Royce begins assembly of first A350-1000 engine
Rolls Royce has begun the assembly of first Trent XWB test-powerplant with the higher-thrust capability required for the A350-1000 model. The components for the powerplant arrived in the Rolls-Royce...
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Delta has issued the RFP for 50 aircraft as planned. A350-900 and A350-1000...
Delta Air Lines said it is considering buying up to 50 widebody jetliners to replace its aging long-haul aircraft (Boeing 747-400s and some 767-300ERs).The airline confirmed last week that it has...
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A350 Fuel System tests done in UK.
The MSN3 flight test prototype has been used to perform fuel system tests during it´s visit to Cotswold Airport in Gloucestershire last week.The aircraft, was flown by London-born experimental test...
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VMU test repeated with MSN3 prototype in March
As explained in the article published in Flug Revue, in early March the VMU tests were repeated with MSN3 prototype....
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Lufthansa Technik preparing for A350 R-R powerplant maintenance support.
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) is in discussions with Rolls-Royce over engine maintenance, repair and overhaul operations for the A350 fleet. Last September Lufthansa placed firm orders for 25 A350-900s...
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A350 Cathay's new business class: designed by Porsche.
Cathay Pacific will launch all-new designs for its business class and economy seats on its Airbus A350 fleet from early 2016.Business Class in...
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Airbus updates the control over its subsidiary Aerolia with new CEO and new...
Current Aerolia CEO Christian Cornille will be appointed EVP - Industry of Airbus Helicopters. For the last 5 years, Christian Cornille has been leading Aerolia, a subsidiary of Airbus Group, during...
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A350 Customer Definition Centre: “one-stop-shop” for airlines to choose their...
Airbus has inaugurated its dedicated A350 XWB Customer Definition Centre (CDC) where airline customers and operators will follow an efficient cabin design and definition process allowing shorter lead...
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Concern with US and European sanctions to Russia and its effect on A350´s...
U.S. and European sanctions on certain Russians have not impinged on Western aerospace and defense industrial bases to any great extent, but possible reactions down the road do have analysts and...
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