Huge backlogs have been a public concern for Airbus and Boeing for a year or two, with focus on the inability to offer early delivery positions. The companies are sold out on their current A320 and 737 lines until 2016-17.…
Recently we posted an article on the tremendous improvements Airbus has brought to the A330. The common thinking is that the 777 killed the A340 – but there is an argument to be made that the A330 did this. Airbus’…
Aerolia is making parts for the A350 and has a neat YouTube channel. Here are videos they posted on parts they make for the A350XWB. The nose of the A350 consists of metal and composite on the lower parts of…
Airbus’ Head of Aircraft Interiors Marketing, Zuzana Hrnkova shared some of the thinking and ideas around the A350 cabin. You may be surprised to learn that Airbus had mood lighting back in the early 2000 era. The A350 cabin appears…
Airbus delivered the aft fuselage for the A350 XWB static test (MSN 0) airframe to the final assembly line in Toulouse. This final section of the fuselage will be assembled with the front and center fuselage sections which were joined…
The first A350XWB, which will be used for static testing, is undergoing final assembly in a new dedicated assembly facility in Toulouse. As our readers know, several pieces of the fuselage have been completed at various facilities, and have been…