A350 first delivery to Qatar re-scheduled for Monday 22/Dec.
Airbus said on Friday 12/Dec that the delivery of the first Airbus A350 to Qatar Airways has been rescheduled for 22/December.Source: Qatar AirwaysThe handover of the MSN6 originally scheduled for...
View ArticleStelia Aerospace, new name for A350 structure risk sharing partner.
"By creating STELIA AEROSPACE, AEROLIA and SOGERMA are proud to unite their ambitions at the service of their historical customers as well as new ones, the trust of which they will endeavor to gain....
View Article“Full support from Airbus” needed to ensure A350 EIS.
When last week, with only 4 days to go before the planned Toulouse handover, Qatar revealed that plans to take the aircraft were "postponed until further notice", no specific reason was informed.Qatar...
View ArticleQatar´s A350 will demo sound emissions at Heathrow in January.
Qatar Airways maintains the target of 15/January to start the commercial flights between Doha and Frankfurt.Source: AirbusDuring the month since the take over (planned for 22/Dec) the MSN6 will be used...
View ArticleFirst A350 Rudder assembled in China.
Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Center (HMC), a joint venture between Airbus and its Chinese partners, began delivering locally assembled rudders for the Airbus A350 XWB this week.The rudders...
View Article3 aircraft/month production rate at A350 FAL.
Finnair’s first A350 (MSN18) has entered the final assembly line at Toulouse, as Airbus maintains pressure on its ramp-up phase for the type.This aircraft is set to be the first of 19 that Finnair is...
View ArticleFormal welcome to first Qatar A350 on 7/Jan in Doha
Qatar Airways has set a new date of 7/January for ceremonies at its home hub in Doha.Source: AirbusQatar, the launch customer for the A350 widebody, was originally scheduled to receive the first...
View ArticleA350 manufacturing process by Minute Physics. Video
Minute Physics has issued a video to explain “how airplanes are made” and the A350 manufacturing process has been taken as the reference. Behind-the-Scenes of an Airbus A350 being built! is the...
View ArticleA350 ready to fly from the nest.
"The A350-900 is now ready to fly from the nest and be enjoyed by airlines and passengers." said Airbus President and CEO Fabrice Brégier at ceremony of Type Certification by EASA on 30 September...
View ArticleMilestone: 1st A350XWB delivery to Qatar Airways
First A350 XWB aircraft has been delivered today to Qatar Airways launch customer in an event held in Airbus Delivery Center in Toulouse, France.Event-TimetableThe MSN6 is the first series airplane...
View ArticleFirst A350 Delivery Ceremony
As the delivery ceremony got started Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, said, “This is a very proud moment for Qatar Airways, we have watched this dynamic aircraft...
View ArticleQatar Airways, launch customer of A350 XWB
Customer satisfaction means giving the airlines that operate Airbus aircraft exactly what they want.This was achieved on 22/December when A350 XWB MSN006 was delivered to launch customer Qatar Airways,...
View ArticleHard work until A350 first delivery.
Qatar Airways has ordered 80 of the world’s most advanced airliners and the on-time, on-quality delivery is the culmination of 8 years’ hard work from everyone involved in the A350 XWB program.Fabrice...
View ArticleFirst A350 XWB delivery ceremony. Video
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View ArticleQatar Airways first A350 "In The Making". Video
Click on the picture to watch the assembly process of the MSN6 aircraft.
View Article1st A350 transfer flight home, Doha.
Qatar Airways' first A350 XWB (A7-ALA) has departed today from Toulouse (France) on it's delivery flight to Doha, Qatar. But she was not alone. The 4th A380 of Qatar Airways (A7-APD) is also making...
View ArticleA350-1000 development on track. Large-component manufacturing started.
Development of the larger A350-1000 is “more than halfway through”, A350 program manager Didier Evrard said, with the first aircraft due to enter final assembly at the beginning of 2016.Source:...
View ArticleFirst A350 Delivery is a historical event
When in an interview in Les Echos, President and CEO of Airbus Fabrice Brégier is asked about the historical mean of the A350 delivery to Qatar Airways, he emphasizes that the A350 is the 6th aircraft...
View ArticleRolls-Royce begins assembly of 1st A350-1000 engine in the A380 Flying Testbed.
Rolls-Royce is accelerating the manufacturing work on the initial test batch of the Trent XWB-97 variant for the A350-1000 in parallel to the production ramp-up of the Trent XWB-84 engine for...
View ArticleA350 difficult start in December/2006.
In an interview in Les Echos, President and CEO of Airbus Fabrice Brégier said that the start of the Program in December/2006 was difficult. "Our resources were still mobilized en masse on the A380,...
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