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1st A350 delivery for China Airlines scheduled for July/2016.
Taipei-based China Airlines expects to take delivery of its 1st of 14 Airbus A350-900s in July 2016, a spokesperson confirmed to ATW in Taipei. The Taiwanese carrier will begin to replace its Airbus...
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TAM will receive the 1st A350 later this month.
TAM Airlines’ 1st A350 has successfully taken off from Toulouse Airport on 1st of December 2015 ahead of its delivery to the airline later this month.Source: AirbusThe aircraft now progresses to the...
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Singapore A350 ULR with maximum comfort and new business class.
Singapore Airlines' new long-range Airbus A350 ULR will be fitted with a new generation of business class and possibly first class.Source: Alexander HassensteinDue to take wing in 2018 with non-stop...
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Cathay long-haul fleet will be a combination of 777-300ER, 777-9X, A350-900...
Cathay Pacific said all of its incoming widebody jets will be directed at growth, and that the group will expand to a fleet of over 230 passenger aircraft by 2025.COO Rupert Hogg detailed that Cathay...
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Airbus focused in particular on the cabin-interior to comply with A350 ramp-up.
Airbus programs chief Didier Evrard said the company was “focused on deliveries”.Source: Aleksi HamalainenBut he is confident that it will reach an output target of 15 A350-900s for 2015.Evrard said...
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A350 Lithium-ion batteries European approval expected in coming weeks.
The Airbus A350 XWB will bring lithium batteries on new aircraft since the beginning of the year 2016. The introduction of this new lithium-ion batteries technology was postponed due to Boeing's...
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1st A350 delivery for Cathay could be delayed.
Centre for Aviation (CAPA) expects that Cathay Pacific's 1st A350 delivery will be delayed from Feb/2016 to at least Mar/2016. Source: Jujug SpottingCathay declined to specify dates, saying: "We aim to...
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Qatar Airways, the 1st commercial airline to land the A350 in the USA.
Qatar Airways has becomed the 1st airline to fly the A350 to the United States.Source: @NYCAviationIn an event in New York, Qatar Airways Group CEO Mr. Akbar Al Baker and Airbus President and CEO...
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Stretched A350-1000 would be “essentially clean-sheet”.
Airbus is closely examining the potential market for a larger version of the A350-1000, but wants to avoid distancing itself from the core A350 market.Source: FranceBleuThe airframer has been talking...
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Cathay non-stop service with A350 between Hong Kong and London Gatwick
The flights, which will start from Gatwick’s south terminal in September/2016, will be the only non-stop service between the 2 airports. The flights will complement the airline’s current...
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A350 line maintenance capacity being developed in China
Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corporation, Beijing (Ameco Beijing) is currently carrying out the Airbus A350 aircraft type training, in preparation for an international customer's line...
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13th A350 delivered
MSN19 has been delivered to Finnair today, which makes the 13th A350 delivered to 3 customers.Source: A380_TLS_A350 This aircraft has a special OneWorld livery. With register number OH-LWB (test...
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A350 Door Trainer manufactured for Singapore Airlines.
EDM announced last month the A350 Door Trainer it manufactured for Singapore Airlines passed its Site Acceptance Test (SAT).Source: EDM After building and then shipping the A350 Door Trainer to...
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Constraints for the A350 in China because of the lack of early slots.
Airbus expects strong demand for widebody aircraft in China, as Chinese carriers work on their fleet plans for the next 5 years. Source: AirbusAirbus China president Eric Chen said the boom in outbound...
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1st Brazilian A350 on her way home.
TAM has received today their first A350.Source: Jujug Sppoting MSN24 delivery makes the 14th A350 delivered (13th this year) and TAM (now LATAM) is from today the 4th operator in the world.With...
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A350 deliveries-target for this year reviewed; 15 - 1 = 14.
Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders said Airbus is set to deliver 14 of its A350 wide-body jets this year, 1 fewer than targeted, as cabin-equipment suppliers struggle to meet production goals. Source: Manuel...
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Lufthansa Technik preparing for A350 support at Munich
Lufthansa Technik AG is stepping up its capacities for the support of the A350A symbolic groundbreaking marked the beginning of the expansion of a highly modern warehouse for the spare parts supply at...
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Airbus explores Vietnam for A350 composite components manufacturing
According to this Vietnamese newspaper, Airbus has written to the Vietnamese Government expressing its interest in establishing a new aircraft components factory in Vietnam.Source: AirbusA source from...
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1st A350-1000 wing leaves Broughton
The first wing for the new higher-capacity variant of the Airbus A350 airliner has left Broughton for Bremen in Germany where it will receive final fitting out before delivery to the final assembly...
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A350 one year after the 1st delivery: +13 delivered and -5 in the orderbook.
The first delivery of the A350 to Qatar Airways was delivered one year ago on 22/December/2014 in a ceremony held at Toulouse. In one year, deliveries have been nearly as planned; 13 aircraft delivered...
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