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Goodrich prepares it´s site in Toulouse for the A350 ramp-up. An innovative...
UTC Aerospace Systems' Aerostructures business formally inaugurated a new building dedicated exclusively to production of thrust reversers and the integration of nacelle systems for the Airbus A350 XWB...
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1st Qatar A350 first flight. Hand over scheduled for 2nd week of December.
Qatar Airways’ first Airbus A350-900 has taken off from Toulouse, marking the maiden flight of a serial production A350 airframe. The MSN6 departed today at around 14:20 returning back 4 hours...
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EASA certifies A350 for 370 minute ETOPS before EIS. Key advantage for...
Airbus has received approval from European regulators (EASA) to fly the A350 on a single-engine for up to 370 minutes from the nearest airfield, in a decision that opens up new long distance routes for...
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AirAsia X could delay A350 deliveries priorizing A330neo.
Malaysian long haul budget carrier AirAsia X Bhd could defer the delivery of its Airbus A350s if European economies fail to recover by the time it receives the first aircraft in 2018 or 2019, its chief...
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A350 pictures in the web.
Many spotters enjoy the A350 test flights all around the world -when route proving campaign was done last August- but those in Toulouse make an incredible job during all these months back.Source: Jujug...
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Vietnam Airlines expects to receive the first A350 in June/2015.
Vietnam Airlines is the 2nd company in the world to operate the A350-900 -just behind Qatar Airways- and as the General Director for Europe Le Dung explained, they will receive the first aircraft in...
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Qatar will debut A350 flights with Doha-Frankfurt route.
Qatar Airways has announced that Frankfurt will be the first route for its A350 XWB aircraft, beginning in January next year with daily non-stop flights from Doha.Source: AirbusQatar Airways had...
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Some key of the A350 Development phase success: Lessons Learnt, Leaders,...
Mission accomplished for Fabrice Brégier. After a race against the watch of 7 years, 15 months of flight tests, and one last epic campaign of 151.300 km in 20 days (route proving campaign), Airbus...
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1st fuselage shells for A350-1000 manufacturing started in Germany.
Initial carbonfibre wing covers for the first Airbus A350-1000 have been completed, as structural work on the largest member of the family progresses.Upper and lower wing covers have respectively been...
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A350 Head of Program Didier Evrard, finalist of Aviation Week Awards “for...
Finalists of the 58th Annual Laureate Awards, honoring extraordinary achievements in the global aerospace arena, have been announced. The awards will be presented on 5/March/2015 at the National...
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A330 pilots will get the qualification for A350 with 8-days training.
Airlines and pilots will both benefit from the Common Type Rating pilot training on the A350 XWB and A330 jetliners, further extending Airbus’ concept of flight operational commonality between its...
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The A350 ten years ago.
How was the first A350 planned 10 years ago?. Let´s have a look on this brochure to watch the schedule, range, capacity … and the engine. Ten years later, the A350 XWB that is certified is “smoothly”...
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Kaman Aerosystems joins A350 program manufacturing engine fairings.
Kaman Aerosystems has been awarded a long term supply-agreement by Rolls-Royce to manufacture the composite A-frame fairings for the Trent XWB engine that will power the Airbus A350 XWB...
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Ejectable black-boxes for A350 under analysis 1/2
Airbus is to install a deployable data and voice recorder with locator beacon on future A350s after completing additional studies.Source: AirbusSpeaking on 7/Oct at the US National Transportation Sfety...
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Ejectable black-boxes for A350 under analysis 2/2
One of the Airbus suppliers, Honeywell vice-president of aerospace regulatory affairs Chris Benich, also briefed the forum and described how a deployable recorder would work.The system first senses the...
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In-cockpit Wi-Fi connectivity on A350.
After gaining 370-minute ETOPS certification for the A350-900, Airbus continues preparations for entry into service with additional approvals like in-cockpit Wi-Fi. Source: Airbus In the cockpit, A350...
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Finnair wants the A350 for cargo & passenger transfer between Europe and Asia.
“We get 4 aircraft next year, 4 in 2016 and 3 in 2017” said Pekka Vauramo Finnair CEO. The aircraft will initially be deployed on existing routes to Shanghai, Bangkok and Beijing.“This is very...
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Biomimetics: the nature as a source of inspiration for A350 XWB design.
In an interview to Denis Darracq, there are some examples on how the nature remains a source of inspiration to Airbus to reduce fuel consumption, develop new materials or design the wing surface.For...
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The 1st A350 for Vietnam Airlines starts ground tests.
The first A350 XWB for Vietnam Airlines, to be leased from AerCap, has just moved to station 30 at the Roger Béteille Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse.Source: AirbusThis new milestone marks the...
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Airbus expanding A350 spare parts inventories near customer bases.
For maintenance control centers, Airbus has reshaped its real-time health monitoring service into 4 standalone modules: pre-departure check, real-time flight watch, trend monitoring and preventive...
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