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What should do Airbus to compete against 777X: the A350-1100 or a new “A370”?
Almost 15 years ago, Airbus took a huge bet on one segment of the market—very large aircraft. With the A380 still a heavy financial burden and the A350, too, far from generating profits for the...
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Virgin Australia CEO: “the A350 is a very impressive aircraft. I have been...
Virgin Australia CEO John Borghetti joined the A350-900 visit to Sydney last week and he admitted that “the A350 is a very impressive...
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Aeroflot’s order for 22 A350s could be impacted by US/EU sanctions.
Even though sanctions imposed over Moscow’s alleged involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine appear not to immediately threaten airliner sales in Russia, the inclusion of certain...
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Ethiopian Airlines could choose soon between the 777X and the A350-1000.
Based on an interview to Tewolde Gebremariam (Ethiopian Airlines CEO) in The Wall Street Journal, the national airline of Ethiopia would announce next week an order of around 70 new widebody aircraft,...
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A removal in one engine during the A350 flight testing campaign. 420min-ETOPS...
Rolls-Royce reports smooth operation of the Trent XWB-84 during A350 flight testing .“So far engine performance has been really good and reliable,” says Trent XWB Program Director Simon Burr, who notes...
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What are those big jars onboard the A350 test aircraft used for?
During the Farnborough Airshow, the A350 prototype that was in display was visited for many people. And when visiting the interior of the flight test prototype, many questions were regarding the big...
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FAA Issues Special Conditions on Tire Failure Debris Penetration for A350....
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a final special conditions rule [a Federal Register notice Docket No. FAA-2013-0907] for Airbus Model A350-900 series airplanes that will be effective on...
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Finnair, A350 European launch customer, details the route plans.
Airbus A350 XWB European launch customer Finnair will initially deploy its new aircraft on routes to Shanghai, Bangkok and Beijing when it enters service in the 2nd half of 2015.Finnair, which has 11...
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Test flights ongoing to demonstrate that the A350 can safely fly 7 hours...
Airbus intends to ramp up flight tests this week to demonstrate that the A350 eventually should be allowed to fly routes taking it as many as 7 hours from an emergency landing strip. Trans-Atlantic...
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Qatar Airways shows off 1st painted A350-900 MSN6
Qatar Airways’ first Airbus A350-900 has broken cover with its full livery.http://www.airbus.com/galleries/photo-gallery/. © AirbusThe Doha-based airline is the launch customer of the A350 and it is...
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A350-1000´s engine starts running on the Rolls-Royce test beds in Derby, UK.
Following closely after the first engine run of the Trent XWB-97 in July, the engine has achieved full takeoff power of 97,000 lbs.Alistair McIntosh, Chief Engineer for the Trent XWB-97, said:...
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Finnair´s A350s will be the 1st aircraft with wi-fi service onboard … but it...
Finnair is evaluating addition of in-flight wifi capability on the rest of its fleet after introducing this wifi-service for the first time on its new A350 –with EIS planned from 2015 to 2017-.“We are...
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The A350 certification with Lithium batteries will take one year more.
US regulators have issued the special conditions for approving lithium-ion battery installation on the Airbus A350-900. They are necessary because airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate...
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Aeroflot to decide how to convert its order of 8 A350-800 to A350-900 or...
“Aeroflot was one of the early customers for the A350, as it signed for 22 aircraft in 2007,” Airbus VP for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Andreas Kramer said during the MSN5 one-day stop at Moscow...
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A350 prototype first time in Austria because it was raining.
The MSN1 prototype has visited today Linz Airport in Austria in the first visit of the A350 to the country.Some wet-test have been completed in Linz as it was raining with a temperature of 13º...
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A350 XWB engines manufacturing maturity: experimental build-up area,...
A350-900 engine to the production line.Rolls-Royce marks the final transition phase of the A350-900 engine from the preproduction to the standard pulsed “skillet” production line in a nearby site at...
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Airbus doesn´t discard further increases in the A350 monthly production rate.
Airbus will explore ways to raise output of the A350 by seeking production enhancements such as faster manufacturing of carbon components.“We’ll see improvements and additional buffer in our capacity...
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How to choose a A350 model for a present?
There is a pair of webs where you can buy a model to enjoy the A350 in your desk at the office or at home. There are different dimension models and different finishing & painting liveries.Photo by...
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Finnair estimating impacts on new A350 routes if Russia closes skies
Finnair said A350 planes due to join its fleet in 2015 have the potential to fly around Siberia to reach Asia should Russia implement plans to close airspace in response to European sanctions imposed...
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New design aspects of the XWB-97, the highest-thrust production engine ever...
The XWB-97 that will airborne on Airbus’s A380 flying testbed around mid-2015, is a milestone engine in its own right. Derived from the 84,000-lb.-thrust Trent XWB-84 now powering the A350-900, the...
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