Airbus is pre-marketing a new concept, a 400 seat stretched version of the A350, tentatively dubbed the A350-8000. This new model would compete directly with the 406 seat 777-9. According to John Leahy, the new model would have similar capacity…
Airbus started final assembly of the first A350-1000 on schedule at the A350 XWB FAL in Toulouse. The first A350-1000, one of three flight test aircraft to be built, will do its maiden flight before the end of 2016. Airbus…
Last week reports surfaced regarding an investigation being conducted by the European Commission (EC) regarding a competition probe in the aviation maintenance sector. According to reports, it centers about provisions in engine service contracts, and both Rolls Royce and SAFRAN…
Airbus CEO Fabrice Brégier is confident that the OEM will achieve its goal to deliver around 15 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft this year. At the recent Finnair delivery, he said “If we reach this target, I think we have secured…
The first A350XWB for Singapore Airlines, registration 9V–SMA, will enter service in January between Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur for crew training and familiarization purposes before starting service to Amsterdam from April 26. Here is the first Singapore A350 while still under…
Airbus revealed this image yesterday. Its of the first A350XWB for TAM Airlines which rolled out of the Airbus paint shop in Toulouse, revealing the aircraft in signature red, white and blue livery. The aircraft will continue through the next…