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hkcanadaexpat wrote:MSN 209 (DL#10) departing on its delivery flight. Delivery #32 of 2018. #7 in May.
FA9295 wrote:itisi wrote:scotron11 wrote:Cannot wait to see the 1st CX A350-1000 roll out and 1st flight! Their livery on the A350 looks great!
Agreed, then again the 350 is such a good looking plane it's hard to look bad!! The one I like least has to be QR.....
That's probably because QR was the first to obtain the A350, so everyone wants to see newer A350 liveries instead...
ap305 wrote:http://www.easa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/dfu/TCDS_EASA%20_A_151_Airbus350_Iss12_2018%2005%2029.pdf
New tcds for a350- confirms 316t mtow for -1000 available. This will add another hour to the aircraft's endurance.
LoganTheBogan wrote:ap305 wrote:http://www.easa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/dfu/TCDS_EASA%20_A_151_Airbus350_Iss12_2018%2005%2029.pdf
New tcds for a350- confirms 316t mtow for -1000 available. This will add another hour to the aircraft's endurance.
How many additional NM is that?
StTim wrote:I notice it is still not All Weather capable and is currently at ETOPS 120
StTim wrote:The document linked had the -900 as Cat 3 and the -1000 as not all weather capable.
BOAC1966 wrote:See MSN1 in Wellington arriving from Philippines ......purpose? Normaly MSN2 with cabin fit does showcasing although believe currently stored at BOD
An amazing picture of our #A350-900 flight test aircraft arriving @WLGAirport in New Zealand yesterday evening. We’ll be doing some short runway trials there over the next few days.
BOAC1966 wrote:Seems a very long way to go to do short runway trials! There must be other reasons!
Stitch wrote:BOAC1966 wrote:Seems a very long way to go to do short runway trials! There must be other reasons!
Perhaps Air New Zealand is considering long-haul service from WLG and Airbus is showing off how the A350 can handle them.
Stitch wrote:BOAC1966 wrote:Seems a very long way to go to do short runway trials! There must be other reasons!
Perhaps Air New Zealand is considering long-haul service from WLG and Airbus is showing off how the A350 can handle them.
Armodeen wrote:Stitch wrote:BOAC1966 wrote:Seems a very long way to go to do short runway trials! There must be other reasons!
Perhaps Air New Zealand is considering long-haul service from WLG and Airbus is showing off how the A350 can handle them.
Or SQ, more likely?
tealnz wrote:This question is back in the news. Wellington Airport has announced that Airbus is bringing a 359 to Wellington for landing and take-off performance. Here's the press release: https://www.wellingtonairport.co.nz/new ... n-airport/
Key paras:"The testing will show the different combinations of loads and distance an A350 can reach off Wellington’s runway. This trial is about determining future performance for Wellington as more of these aircraft enter the fleet in the Asia-Pacific.”
“There is a worldwide trend among airlines to use direct, otherwise known as point-to-point, fuel efficient aircraft with seating capacity matched to demand. This enables efficient, sustainable routes to be opened up to cater for the ever growing demand in air travel, especially in the Asia-Pacific region which is one of the fastest growing in the World.”
There's been comment on the NZ thread that SQ are known to be thinking of switching their current trans-Tasman service from 77E to 359. But reading between the lines, the language in the airport statement sounds as if there's much more at stake than ability to do the short hop from Canberra/Melbourne. Zeke upthread argued that, according to the Airbus performance database, the 359 ought to be able to do Beijing from the current runway with full pax...
Yet the Astra report said the 359 couldn't operate into Wellington at all on a wet runway. Seems strange. We still lack any technical insights into why there might be a landing/take-off issue specific to the 359 in Wellington or other short runways (ie why would its short-field performance be so much worse than a 77E or 789 or A330)? Wing loading too low? Spoiler performance? Rudder authority issue? Braking system issues? Any clues?
maortega15 wrote:Will the -ULR have a corpse compartment like what SQ had on their A345?
maortega15 wrote:Btw, has anyone seen a pic of it? I've never seen it!
enzo011 wrote:
I am sure the mods will appreciate any further discussion to be done in that thread but hopefully we will get an answer to a question posed on the forums about the A350 runway performance.
Sayan777 wrote:Is Qatar Airways gonna have two A350 s painted in the One World livery. A7 ANE which is an A350 -1000 also to be painted in One world livery.
maortega15 wrote:Will the -ULR have a corpse compartment like what SQ had on their A345?
Btw, has anyone seen a pic of it? I've never seen it!
hkcanadaexpat wrote:The May 2018 Airbus report included the following:
> new order for (15) A350-900s from Undisclosed purchaser
> re-consolidation of 25x A350-900s orders of Air France and KLM under Air France-KLM Group (the 3 Joon A350-900s to be delivered in 2019 remain under a separate Air France entry)
I would think the Undisclosed will become disclosed at Farnborough in July. There is also the (25) from Turkish and the (10) from Sichuan pending confirmation.
A330freak wrote:
SQ317 wrote:A330freak wrote:
Is this the first flight of the 278t weight variant?
juliuswong wrote:SQ317 wrote:Is this the first flight of the 278t weight variant?
Affirmative. First of six slated to go to Philippines Airlines.
hkcanadaexpat wrote:MSN 219 (IB#1) just departed on its first flight (AIB01NP)
juliuswong wrote:The non-stop A345 flight was very gruelling. Only selected crew get to assign to such flight. Most crew were dead tired by the end of flight but still need to maintain poise and smile.
Jayafe wrote:juliuswong wrote:SQ317 wrote:Is this the first flight of the 278t weight variant?
Affirmative. First of six slated to go to Philippines Airlines.
As (I think) unique client for the 278t variant, but IB's 280t flew last week though.hkcanadaexpat wrote:MSN 219 (IB#1) just departed on its first flight (AIB01NP)
SQ317 wrote:Jayafe wrote:juliuswong wrote:Affirmative. First of six slated to go to Philippines Airlines.
As (I think) unique client for the 278t variant, but IB's 280t flew last week though.hkcanadaexpat wrote:MSN 219 (IB#1) just departed on its first flight (AIB01NP)
That's odd, everything else I've seen points to 280t non-ULR not being available until 2020, eg https://leehamnews.com/2016/03/30/airbu ... ge-8100nm/