A350 family nears 500 orders as Airbus confirms Etihad deal. Etihad’s order - which includes six A380s and 20 A320s - accounts for 51 of the 84 aircraft booked during the month.
It takes to 75 the number of orders for Airbus’ largest version of the A350 family, for which Emirates, Qatar Airways and Asiana Airlines are also [...]
Hong Kong’s business aviation operation C Jet is set to become the first customer for a VIP version of the Airbus A350 XWB, having also just ordered an Airbus Corporate Jetliner. Hong Kong’s C Jet to be first VIP A350 customer Hong Kong’s business aviation operation C Jet is set to become the first customer for a VIP version of the Airbus A350 XWB, having also just ordered an Airbus Corporate Jetliner.
At the Dubai air show earlier this month the A350 XWB halted the Boeing 787’s inexorable advance through Airbus’s widebody customers when Emirates chose the new Airbus instead of its US rival to replace its huge fleet of A330/A340s and 777 Classics.
The proposed all-cargo version of the Airbus A350 XWB will offer Boeing MD-11F levels of payload and volume, but development is unlikely to begin until work on all the passenger models is completed.
Airbus has severed links with the A380 for its new A350 XWB cockpit, adopting an all-new configuration that rivals the Boeing 787 in the size of display screens. … Its new six screen configuration has two central displays mounted one above the other (the lower one on the centre console in front of the thrust levers) and a single primary flight/navigation display in front of each pilot with an on-board information system screen adjacent to it.
PARIS - Airbus kicked off a $13.2 billion plan Monday to build its A350 XWB wide-bodied jet, which is designed to compete with Boeing’s successful 787
and boost the fortunes of the troubled European planemaker. CEO Louis Gallois told a news conference that the A350 will be funded through the savings
generated by a painful cost-cutting plan, from cash flow and from Airbus’ partners. The cost-saving plan was announced in the wake of delays to the
A380 superjumbo and management turmoil that has shaken the company and its parent, the European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. EADS approved the
A350 plan on Friday. No timetable was released, and it remained
Airbus is studying a bigger version of its largest A350 XWB variant, the -1000, to
improve its competitiveness against the Boeing 777. But the manufacturer may be
forced to delay the formal launch of the entire A350 XWB family as it battles with the
more pressing problems that surround the A380. As unveiled at the Farnborough air
show in July, the A350-1000 will seat 350 passengers in a three-class configuration -
around 15 fewer seats than the largest 777 variant, the -300ER - with service entry
set for 2014. But according to airline sources, Airbus is studying a larger A350-1000,
partly due to pressure from Lufthansa, which is evaluating the A350
The A350 XWB (extra wide-body) is Airbus’ response to market demand
for a medium capacity long range wide-body family. Available from 2012,
it will have an entirely new, uncompromised, 21st Century design with a
new and wider fuselage for extra space and passenger comfort. It will
also be extra efficient, extra environmentally friendly and quiet, as it will
feature all the advanced technologies available in the first part of the 21st
century, bringing the A380 experience to a new level. Conceived from
the outset to form a complete family of airliners, three basic passenger
versions are being offered. They include the -800, -900 and the -1000
accommodating between 250
