Airbus A350

The Airbus A350 is a wide-body jet passenger aircraft developed by aerospace production Airbus. In the following article, AloTrip will share with you the most useful information about the Airbus A350.

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The Airbus A350 is a wide-body jet passenger aircraft developed by aerospace production Airbus. It is known as the first Airbus aircraft mostly made of carbon fiber reinforced polymers. It can accommodate from 250 to 350 passengers with 3 seat classes and even up to 440 passengers depending on the type. The Airbus A350 aircraft was born to succeed the A330 and A340. Also, it will become the competitor of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the Boeing 777 series.

May bay Airbus A350

Development

On 16 September, 2004, the president and CEO of Airbus confirmed the review of a new project.

On 10 December, 2004, the boards of EADS and BAE Systems, Airbus’ shareholders approved the “authorization to offer” (ATO) for the A350.

On 13 June, 2005, Qatar Airlines announced it would order 60 A350s at the Paris Air Show.

On 6 October 2005, the launch of the Airbus 350 was announced with an estimated development cost of approximately 3.5 billion euros.

On 14 July, 2006 at Farnborough Airshow, the redesigned Airbus A350 was designated "A350 XWB". Within 4 days, Singapore Airlines agreed to order 20 A350XWBs.

In September 2007, Airbus confirmed the application of composite fuselage frames for the aircraft structure.

In January 2008, the French-based Thales Group won a contract to supply avionics and navigation equipment for the A350 XWB.

The final assembly of the first A350 static test model was began on 5 April, 2012 and was completed in December 2012.

On 14 June, 2013, the A350 maiden flight departed from Toulouse Airport (Blagnac).

The Airbus A350 received type certification from the European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) on 30 September, 2014 and from the Federal Aviation Administration on 12 November, 2014.

Optional history

In June 2011, Airbus A350-900 was planned to enter service in the first half of 2014. The -800 was put into use between 2016 and the -1000 was in 2017.

The first delivery to launch Qatar Airways took place on December 22, 2014. On 15 January, 2015, the first commercial flight was operated with the flight between Doha and Frankfurt.

In May 2016, the in-service fleet flew 55,200 hours over 9,400 cycles at a 97.8% operational reliability for three months.

In 2016, the first A350-1000 was assembled. Its maiden flight was took place on 24 November and entered service in mid-2017.

As of January 2017, 62 aircraft were in service with 10 airlines.

In June 2017, 80 A350 aircraft were operated with 12 operators, including 17 aircrafts of Qatar Airlines and 13 ones at Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines.

As of February 2018, 142 A350-900s had been delivered with a dispatch reliability of 99.3%.

Specifications

Model	A350-900	A350-1000
Cockpit crew	Two
Seats	315 (48J + 267Y) ULR: 173 = 80J + 93Y	369 (54J + 315Y)
Max limit	440
Overall length	66.8 m / 219.2 ft	73.79 m / 242.1 ft
Wing	64.75 m span / 212.43 ft, 31.9 ° sweep
Aspect ratio	9.49	9.03
Wing area	442 m ² (4.760 sq ft)	464.3 m ² (4.998 sq ft)
Overall height	17.05 m / 55 ft 11 in	17.08 m / 56 ft 0 in
Fuselage	5.96 m / 19.7 ft width, 6.09 m / 19,98 ft height