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A350 XWB maximun production rate of 13 aircraft / month.
Airbus plans to produce the A350 at a rate of at least 13 per month. “This confirms a long-reported rumor we’ve heard but which Airbus would never acknowledge.” wrote Leeham News. The confirmation came...
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Etihad Airways buys 1 Airbus A350 FFS-Full Flight Simulator
Etihad Airways is doubling the capacity of its training academy by purchasing 7 full flight simulators, in a $200 million deal.The deal with Canadian manufacturer CAE will see Etihad Airways take...
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4 years of engineering hard work using the “DMU as master” to close the A350...
One month and a half before the first flight, the DMU (Digital Mock-Up) for the first flyable A350 XWB (MSN1) was closed. During 4 years since the first drawing -the pylon- was produced in April 2009,...
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First flight in the A350 XWB cabin demonstrator took 5 hours.
Airbus has successfully completed the 1st cabin virtual flight paving the way for the first commercial passengers to fly on the A350 XWB in the 2nd half of 2014.Cabin Zero -cabin demonstrator- is...
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Airbus studies the takeover of Spirit´s fuselage-assembly plant in France to...
Airbus is exploring the purchase of a factory owned by U.S. supplier Spirit Aerosystems to limit production risks on its A350 wide-body, the head of the aircraft program said.Spirit, which is providing...
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787 prepared for production rate increase with new engineering organization...
Electrical bay fire incident in a Qatar Airways 787After days of stonewalling it has been confirmed that a Qatar Airways 787 caught fire in a rear underfloor part of the fuselage, last Sunday as it was...
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Low Pressure Turbine for the Airbus A350-1000´s Trent XWB-97 speaks Spanish
ITP will be responsible for the supply of Low Pressure Turbines (LPT) for the new Airbus A350-1000´s Trent XWB-97 Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP) and Rolls-Royce have signed an agreement by which...
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A350-900R: Singapore Airlines will be the launch customer of the Regional...
Airbus has been quick to dismiss the merits of Boeing's new 787-10 since its launch at the Paris air show in June, a sure sign that the European airframer considers the new aircraft a serious...
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Daily Mail said GKN is readying a takeover bid for Spirit Aerosystems....
GKN is preparing a cash-and-stock offer valued at $5 billion, according to the Daily Mail report, which cited unidentified dealers. Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch is advising GKN, according to...
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France and Germany fighting for the A350-1000 FAL. Toulouse wants current FAL...
France warned in Le Bourget that it won't accept any deal between the German government and Airbus on the remaining amount that Germany owes toward the development of the new long-haul Airbus A350...
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EF2 fatigue test at IABG waits for the wings
IABG carries out EF2 –and EW- fatigue test on the A350 XWB on behalf of Airbus.Objective of the structural tests is the verification of strength, fatigue and damage tolerance of the aircraft’s primary...
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GE Aviation to build a composite facility to support A350 XWB series ramp-up...
The company has begun the development of a 9,000-square-meter composites production facility at its Hamble, U.K. site as part of a 5-year, $50 million-plus investment at the site to support the...
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Russian titanium for the A350-1000.
Airbus and VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation – supplier of titanium for the manufacture of aircrafts, have signed the agreement on supply of 3 new forgings for wing and main landing gear parts for Airbus...
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32 options for A350-900 is the potential order commitment for Iberia …...
Speaking during an IAG analysts' briefing last Friday, Iberia chief executive Luis Gallego confirmed that IAG has placed options for a total of 44 Airbus A350s and Boeing 787s to renew the Iberia...
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GKN wing FTE production site in the BBC news. Video
click in the picture to watch the report shown in the BBCGKN Aerospace’s significant involvement on the Airbus A350 XWB encompasses:•The design, development and manufacture of the aircraft’s composite...
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MSN003 on track to first-flight by 30/September
Last Thursday evening the 2nd flight prototype MSN003 was moved from Long Range P18 to Jean Luc Lagardère plant P18, in order to perform on Friday the Fuel Ground Test. This test is done under “ATEX...
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Airlines want a greater choice of Light IFE suppliers in the A350 catalogue.
Airbus is still planning to expand the options for inflight entertainment systems (IFE) offered on the A350 XWB through a call for tender for “light” IFE solutions, a move that will be welcomed by...
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Spirit Aerosystems wouldn´t enter into the A350 program if it had to make the...
Spirit AeroSystems has started a process to divest two manufacturing sites in Oklahoma that are responsible for potentially more than $1 billion in forward losses announced by the company within the...
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MSN1 first prototype resumes the flight test program in comming days after 3...
The MSN1 is getting to the air again in coming days after the planned upgrade of its flight test instrumentation that has been performed for last 3 weeks. The aircraft's characteristics were confirmed...
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There is almost a potential A350 customer that is interested in the...
The 10-abreast high-density economy seating layout study for the A350 is now "on offer" said Caudron, adding that "there is a potential A350 customer that is interested" in the layout. The A350 has an...
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