The Airbus A350 Thread

Segg said:
Airbus is doing quite well lately!
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A320Neo is a hit, so far outselling the 737Max. A350 also have a lot of orders and the A330Neo announced this year have already raked in a lot of orders also even though it is only on paper. Rolls Royce still needs to design the engine still also, though it will have a lot in common with existing engines, but with improvements so not a cleansheet design.
 
Ockie said:
A320Neo is a hit, so far outselling the 737Max. A350 also have a lot of orders and the A330Neo announced this year have already raked in a lot of orders also even though it is only on paper. Rolls Royce still needs to design the engine still also, though it will have a lot in common with existing engines, but with improvements so not a cleansheet design.
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Approval done and dusted. Now for the ETOPS certification.
 
Airbus says still plans to deliver first A350 in fourth quarter

BERLIN (Reuters) - European planemaker Airbus (AIR.PA) still plans to deliver its first A350 wide-body plane to launch customer Qatar Airways this year, but is aware that it is working for a "demanding" customer, its chief executive said on Friday.

Qatar recently rejected some aircraft from Airbus due to what it described as concerns over the quality of cabin fittings, finally taking delivery of its first A380 superjumbo last month after a three-month standoff.

After gaining European safety approval for the A350 last month, Airbus is now working to get the cabin furnishing ready for Qatar.

"We know it will be difficult to have it accepted because they are very demanding on quality, but it's a good start," Fabrice Bregier, the chief executive of the planemaker, told journalists in Berlin after the group signed a tentative deal to open a new plant in China.

"We believe at least one aircraft will be delivered this year, but the customer has the final say," Bregier added.

The A350 is Airbus's newest, most technically advanced jet.

The A350-900 version, the first to enter service, will compete with Boeing's (BA.N) 787 Dreamliner, while the larger A350-1000 is due to enter service in 2017 and will compete with the Boeing 777.

Qatar's first A380 meanwhile performed its inaugural flight from Doha to London on Friday.
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/10/10/uk-china-airbus-group-qatar-a-idUKKCN0HZ1ZG20141010
 
Airbus says wins FAA safety approval for new A350 jetliner

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PARIS (Reuters) - Planemaker Airbus said on Wednesday the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had given safety approval to its newest and most technically advanced airliner, the A350.

Airbus already won European safety approval in September for the A350, clearing the main regulatory hurdle before the jet can fly passengers, but approval from the U.S. regulator was seen as another critical milestone.

The version of the jet certified by the FAA and European regulators, the A350-900, is designed to seat 314 passengers and is due to enter service with Qatar Airways before the end of the year in direct competition with Boeing's 787 Dreamliner.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/12/us-airbus-a-idUSKCN0IW2EV20141112
 
Hey Ockie! Any chance you'll be changing your title from "Resident Lead Bender" to "Resident Aerospace Engineer"?

I have been enjoying your posts in this "space". Thank you! :)
 
McT said:
Hey Ockie! Any chance you'll be changing your title from "Resident Lead Bender" to "Resident Aerospace Engineer"?

I have been enjoying your posts in this "space". Thank you! :)
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Hahaha I wish. You know, if Airbus sent me a letter now inviting me to come for training and to to come with in their factory for a year I would do it. Even if it simply entails tightening bolts. You apparently get tourist tours that you can go do at Airbus. OMG....I would love to do that one day. That would be like my dream holiday. Spend a week at Airbus :D

Glad you enjoy my posts in this regard. Dont think there are many on mybb that is interested in it, but oh well. :)
 
No, keep up with the news.

I am a travel junkie and these threads are very informative.
 
Yes please! I love the posts, keep them up!

As a heads up though, if you're ever in Munich they have a B738 sim open to the public in the international airport, I'm hopefully gonna give it a try in a few weeks, if you're ever up there go give it a try
 
Airbus to deliver first A350 jetliner around December 12

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SEATTLE (Reuters) - European planemaker Airbus aims to deliver the first A350 jetliner to launch customer Qatar Airways by mid-December, the airline said on Tuesday.

Gulf News quoted its chief executive Akbar Al Baker as saying the mid-sized jet would be delivered between Dec. 12 and 15‎ and appeared to rule out any last-minute hitches that might rattle investors in planemaker parent Airbus Group.

"Everything is perfect," he said, according to the Dubai-based newspaper.

In the United States, a representative for the Gulf carrier said the aircraft would be delivered around Dec. 12.

The A350, Airbus's newest plane and made with a carbon-fiber composite fuselage, is a direct competitor to Boeing's composite 787 Dreamliner.

The long-range, twin-aisle plane received its certification by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration last week, after winning European safety approval in September.

The version of the jet certified by the FAA and European regulators, the A350-900, is designed to seat 314 passengers.

Airbus has booked 750 orders for the A350, including 549 for the A350-900 and 169 for the larger A350-1000, which is due to enter service in 2017. The smaller A350-800 has 32 orders but is likely to be phased out to make way for the revamped A330neo.

Airbus is planning a steep production increase, aiming to build three A350s per month by year-end, up from two a month currently. By the end of next year it plans to build five a month and to hit 10 a month by mid-2018.

Airbus originally targeted entry to service in 2012 when it re-launched the current design of the A350 at the Farnborough Airshow in July 2006.

It later slowed development, both to ensure its maturity and iron out problems including a glitch in wings production, but the schedule has been broadly stable for the past two years.

The plane's successful test flight program, regulatory certification and impending first delivery have been well received by Airbus investors, helping shares rise more than 7 percent in the past month.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/18/us-airbus-group-a-idUSKCN0J22DS20141118
 
Hawaiian Air cancels its A350-800 order, swops it for A330Neo's instead

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PARIS (Reuters) - Hawaiian Airlines has confirmed an order for six Airbus (AIR.PA) A330-800neo aircraft worth $1.5 billion at list prices, swapping them for a previous A350 order, the planemaker said on Friday.

The order for a revamped version of the A330, with new Rolls-Royce (RR.L) engines, brings to just over 100 the number of firm orders for the A330neo, a reworked version of Airbus's most-sold wide-body jet which was launched earlier this year.

The A330neo is Airbus's alternative for the 250-300 seat market after sales of the smallest version of the new A350 aircraft family, the A350-800, proved disappointing.

Hawaiian's new order replaces an order for six A350-800s, which would be worth $1.6 billion at today's list prices.

Hawaiian's agreement to switch products is one of the determining factors in deciding whether Airbus can scrap the 270-seat A350-800 to focus on stronger-selling larger types of the new jet, the first of which will be delivered on Monday.

Development of the A350-800 has been put on the back burner, but the fate of a total of 26 orders from Russia's Aeroflot (AFLT.MM), South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines (020560.KS) and Yemen's Yemenia must still be settled before Airbus can officially halt the smallest A350 variant.

Because of recent improvements in the 20-year-old airframe and new engines, Airbus says the A330neo will be as efficient as the more modern 787 Dreamliner. Boeing (BA.N) disputes this and points to far greater sales of its carbon-composite jet.

Airbus is awaiting confirmation of a total of 56 provisional A330neo orders from lessors Air Lease Corp (AL.N) and Avolon (AVOL.N), Russian airline Transaero (TAER.MM) and an unidentified Asian customer.

It is said to be struggling, however, to find buyers for the existing version of A330, prompting it to predict last week it would have to cut production rates again in 2016 while hoping to recover when the re-engined A330neo comes on line.

A further output cut had been widely forecast but a related warning of flat 2016 profits triggered a three-day slide in the European firm's stock. The shares were up 0.8 percent on Friday.

Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA) meanwhile said late on Thursday it would slow receipt of 10 Boeing 777s it has ordered due in 2015 and 2016 as it closes the year with a third profit warning

Its finance director said deliveries of the newer Airbus A350 and Boeing 787, which arrive from 2017, were not affected.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/19/us-airbus-order-idUSKBN0JX0XY20141219
 
So I was in Munich's museum of Science and Technology the other day, and to say I was in heaven is an understatement, I met a rocket scientist who developed rockets and torpedoes for the West during the cold war, he even worked designing aircraft in his earlier days, he gave me a personal tour after chatting about his first aircraft in the museum. There was also a display of how the A350 fuselage is constructed, will post some more photos when I get back from the Kruger

To keep the explanation short, it's Fibre with resin, followed by copper mesh primarily for lightning protection followed by primer and paint

One very interesting thing the engineer pointed out was with traditional aircraft, when they get a dent (happens now and again) it's a simple task to replace the panel, not an easy task at all with composite aircraft, not to mention the composite material will Crack or shatter whilst aluminum will bend or dent
 

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