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Why not the traditional water cannon salute in the first A350 commercial...

The water cannon salute is a tradition –really it´s an adaptation of a naval tradition where ships are saluted by fire boats on special occasions- used as a tribute to first flights, last flights,...

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Lighter tyres developed by Michelin for A350 XWB.

The A350-900 is equipped with Michelin Air X tyres with Radial NZG technology. Innovation developed by Michelin Aircraft Tire with several advantages; for instance, the reduced weight of the...

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A350 family will grow

The A350WXB family has at least 20 years in which to grow well beyond the current -900 and -1000 models, Airbus president and CEO Fabrice Brégier said on 22/Dec as the 1st of the A350 was handed over...

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Falcons permitted onboard Qatar Airways A350 XWB. Only in Economy Class.

The ancient sport of falconry is so popular in the Middle East that many commercial airlines in that region allow passengers to bring trained hunting raptors into the main cabin, where the birds travel...

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Neither A350-1100 nor A350-1000neo to compete against 777-9X; 20 more...

Airbus wants to get an additional 20 passengers into the cabin of its A350-1000 by modifying the layout, heightening competition with Boeing’s new 777X set to debut in 2020.The arrangement would help...

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Choose between mobile phone connectivity and Wi-Fi onboard Qatar´s A350 XWB.

Inflight connectivity is drastically changing the way of traveling by plane.OnAir's full inflight connectivity suite, including Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir, is being installed as line fit on Qatar...

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Employment contribution of the A350 XWB.

Today, the A350 program represents about 16.500 direct jobs, including sub-contractors. 12.500 direct jobs are at Airbus and a little less than 50% in France. When the production reaches the rate of 10...

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A350 price updated.

As usual, Airbus has updated the list prices of its aircraft effective from 1st of January 2015. Airbus has increased the average list prices of its aircraft by 3.27% across the product line. Last year...

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A350-1000 flap support structures manufacturing in Saab progress on schedule.

In Dec/2013 Saab signed a contract with Airbus to become a supplier for the A350-1000. The first parts have now been produced and Saab is gearing up for assembly and delivery.Source: Manuel BelleliThe...

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A350-800 only 2 Customers and 16 orders left.

In December/2014 there have been some orders cancellations in the A350-800 orderbook.Hawaiian Airlines changed the order of 6 A350-800 to the new A330-800 on 17/December.And Yemenia – Yemen Airways...

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Preparing future technicians & engineers who will work on the A350 in 10 years.

6 Hamburg schools are involved in the “Career Orientation Aviation” pilot project. Students who follow this program through to the end, and who are successful in their studies, will be offered an...

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A350 lithium-ion batteries certification will be completed in 2015....

Didier Evrard, Head of Programs at Airbus has confirmed that the Airbus A350 will be equipped with lithium-ion batteries in the future.Originally, the A350 was to have been equipped with lithium-ion...

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Both ejectable black-boxes and live stream flight-data under development for...

Airbus continues the communication with the European regulator EASA to make ejectable flight recorders available on the A350 (and also A380), potentially making them the first commercial planes to use...

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A350 flight-tests with missing winglet.

Source: A380_TLS_A350Airbus has been performing some flight-tests with MSN003 prototype with one winglet missing. It seems that it has noting to be with the certification phase but more with customer...

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Lufthansa Technik receives Part 145 approval from EASA for A350 XWB maintenance.

Lufthansa Technik has received approval of the European airworthiness authority EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) as Maintenance Organization for the new aircraft type (Part 145...

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A350 Airline1: mirror airline operations.

One of the most important and key enablers for A350 maturity has been the Airline1 concept.Operational Scenarios successfully tested.Focus on delivering the A350 XWB with the highest dispatch...

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ANA chooses the 787-10 to complete it´s Boing-widebody fleet in preference to...

ANA Holdings’ board has approved a firm order for 3 Boeing 787-10s within a global order for 15 Airbus and Boeing aircraft.The breakdown of the $2.2 billion order (at list prices) is; 3 Boeing 787-10s,...

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Airbus announces 18 additional seats for A350-1000.

Airbus has announced on 22/January in a presentation to Deutsche Bank investors an upgrade to the A350 capacity.Source: AirbusThe forthcoming upgrade was hinted to media at Airbus annual press...

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The new Head of A350 XWB Program comes from A330.

Following the nomination of Didier Evrard as Airbus Executive Vice-President, Programs, in December/2014, Airbus has communicated that effective as of 1/March/2015, Patrick Piedrafita, currently Head...

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2nd A350 will be delivered to Qatar in February

Qatar Airways has confirmed that the 2nd A350 delivery is scheduled for February, 2 months later than the first aircraft. Source: A380_TLS_A350This second aircraft MSN7 will be the unique one to be...

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