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A350 cabin completion and deliveries from China?
Airbus is already eyeing an expanded future role for its planned A330 Completion and Delivery Centre (C&DC) in Tianjin, with the airframer keen for the site to also support its A350 model.C&DC...
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Singapore Airlines plans Copenhagen operations with daily A350 service from...
Singapore Airlines has revealed it is planning to expand its operations in Copenhagen by launching daily flights between the Danish capital and Singapore using new Airbus aircraft. Source: Jujug...
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Design changes to the original lithium-ion battery system for the A350-900 to...
Airbus has reached the final stages of regulatory reviews over a plan to use lithium ion batteries for backup and starting power on the A350-900, said executive vice-president of engineering Charles...
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Philippine Airlines Nears 787 or A350 choice.
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is on track to make a decision by the end of 2015 regarding whether it will order Boeing 787s or Airbus A350s to replace its A340 fleet.The airline has received proposals from...
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First A350-1000 fuselage sections´ manufacturing on track.
The section-19 for MSN59 has been completed and delivered to Germany.Source: Airbus The tail cone is manufactured in Spain; the lateral shells at Illescas composite site and later the assembly is...
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Airbus has finally delivered the 6th A350. MSN15 to Vietnam Airlines.
Source: Jujug SpottingThe last A350 delivered was on 30/June to Vietnam Airlines (MSN14) and after nearly 2 months and a half without deliveries, finally today Airbus has delivered the MSN15 again to...
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A350 engines being assembled on moving-lines and vertically at Rolls Royce...
Rolls-Royce production assembly site in Derby is being upgraded and the $46 million invested are primarily focused on the installation of 4 pulsed lines, 2 of which are already in action.Source:...
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Finnair to take delivery on its 1st A350-900 on 7/October. Schedule for...
Finnair has slightly adjusted its Airbus A350 long-haul launch schedule, due to changes in the expected delivery schedules of the company’s first A350 aircraft, the needs of the crew familiarization...
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A350 Door Trainer for China Airlines.
RST Rostock System-Technik has been awarded a contract by China Airlines to design, manufacture and install an A350 door trainer. Source: AlamyThe A350 1L door trainer will be installed at the China...
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1200 litres of final paint for TAM´s A350-900.
The A350-900 of TAM, which was painted in September, required 1200 litres of final paint to complete the brazilian company´s livery.9 days in the paint-shop at Toulouse where the technology called Base...
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A350-1000´ Trent XWB-97 to be installed on the A380 MSN1 Flying TestBed.
The key Trent XWB-97 engine is the flying testbed. Serial No. 26000 has arrived to the FAL in Toulouse where it will installed on the A380 MSN1.This engine is close to the production standard and will...
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Finnair or Qatar? Who will the 1st to debut the A350 on flights to USA?
Finnair aims to become the 1st airline to operate an Airbus A350 service to the USA, with plans to use a -900 for New York JFK flights before the end of the year.Source: AirbusThe Oneworld carrier...
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First A350-1000 fuselage assembly started at Hamburg and Saint Nazaire preFALs.
The first A350-1000 is taking shape with the assembly start of the first fuselage major components at Airbus plants in Hamburg and Saint-Nazaire.Source: AirbusThe forward fuselage section for MSN59 has...
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Will the COMAC 929 be the competence for A350 XWB in the future?
Sources in both China and Russia indicate that the formalization of the long-discussed agreement to build a new widebody aircraft in China using Russian intellectual property will be approved later...
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Emirates order for A350. The main target of the year for Airbus.
The head of Dubai's Emirates, Tim Clark said 2 years ago concerning the dozens of potential orders for Boeing 777X, or the A350-1000, or both that are on stake: "As Airbus knows, I want to see it on...
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Rear fuselage side shells for the first A350-1000 delivered to Hamburg pre-FAL.
Premium AEROTEC has handed over the rear side shells for the first A350-1000 to Airbus at its Augsburg site. Each of the 2 side shells is over 17 meters in length and almost 5.5 meters wide. Source:...
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2000 parts in the A350-900’s main landing gear.
Messier-Bugatti-Dowty has been one of the European aircraft manufacturer’s partners for a very long time and is playing a key role on the A350-900 program.Source: rokbani wael“We were selected to...
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A350 carbon wing covers manufacturing technology changed: from ATL to AFP.
MTorres will provide the automatic fibre placement (AFP) machines that Airbus will use at its plants in Stade (Germany) and Illescas (Spain) to manufacture the A350 upper and lower wing covers.Source:...
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Significant positive impact for Finnair with A350 Enter Into Service.
As Finnair announced in Dec/2013, it has made sale & leaseback agreements for its 2 first A350 aircraft with GECAS (GE Capital Aviation Services). These agreements will be concluded in connection...
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Emirates decision between 787-10 and A350-900 postponed to 2016.
Emirates will not choose between the Airbus A350-900 or the Boeing 787-10 until next year, chief executive Tim Clark has confirmed. There was aspeculation that the Dubai air show next month might bring...
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