A350 in service thread - 2018

KarelXWB · Fri Jan 05, 2018 3:06 pm

B-LRA diverted to Toronto due to snow storm in Newark. People were offloaded by buses.

https://twitter.com/TomPodolec/status/9 ... 8773097474

SQ22 · Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:52 am

Link to the previous thread:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=584187&p=8937675#p8937675

A350900 · Sat Jan 06, 2018 2:32 pm

KarelXWB wrote:
B-LRA diverted to Toronto due to snow storm in Newark. People were offloaded by buses.

https://twitter.com/TomPodolec/status/9 ... 8773097474

Pretty sure it was B-LRQ

n729pa · Sun Jan 07, 2018 12:49 am

Which carriers are due to take delivery of their first A350s this year?

hkcanadaexpat · Sun Jan 07, 2018 2:28 am

n729pa wrote:
Which carriers are due to take delivery of their first A350s this year?

Sichuan Airlines
Capital Airlines
Iberia
Philippines Airlines
Aeroflot (maybe)
China Eastern

KarelXWB · Sun Jan 07, 2018 2:45 pm

Add Tianjin Airlines to the list.

China's Tianjin Airlines to add A330, A350 capacity in 2018

KarelXWB · Sun Jan 07, 2018 2:53 pm

A350900 wrote:
Pretty sure it was B-LRQ

Actually it was B-LRS as can be seen on the nose wheel door:

https://twitter.com/TomPodolec/status/9 ... 8773097474

Bricktop · Sun Jan 07, 2018 3:03 pm

KarelXWB wrote:
A350900 wrote:
Pretty sure it was B-LRQ

Actually it was B-LRS as can be seen on the nose wheel door:

https://twitter.com/TomPodolec/status/9 ... 8773097474

I saw B-LRS in Newark yesterday (Jan 6) morning. It's my first CX A359. :bouncy:

ap305 · Sun Jan 07, 2018 4:30 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIM4-w2bAU4

Ouch..... That was a firm landing....

JamesCousins · Sun Jan 07, 2018 5:13 pm

KarelXWB wrote:
B-LRA diverted to Toronto due to snow storm in Newark. People were offloaded by buses.

https://twitter.com/TomPodolec/status/9 ... 8773097474

How does that work in terms of immigration laws - i.e. People have obtained VISA's etc to enter the US, but are diverted to Canada?

Eyad89 · Sun Jan 07, 2018 5:18 pm

JamesCousins wrote:
KarelXWB wrote:
B-LRA diverted to Toronto due to snow storm in Newark. People were offloaded by buses.

https://twitter.com/TomPodolec/status/9 ... 8773097474

How does that work in terms of immigration laws - i.e. People have obtained VISA's etc to enter the US, but are diverted to Canada?

I had the same question, why didn't they land in any other US airport?

KarelXWB · Sun Jan 07, 2018 6:46 pm

hkcanadaexpat wrote:
n729pa wrote:
Which carriers are due to take delivery of their first A350s this year?

Sichuan Airlines
Capital Airlines
Iberia
Philippines Airlines
Aeroflot (maybe)
China Eastern

Aeroflot in 2018 seems unlikely:

Aeroflot defers A350 deliveries

Aeroflot (SU, Moscow Sheremetyevo) has deferred delivery of its fleet of A350-900s until 2019 at the earliest. According to Vedomosti, Aeroflot has signed a USD991,326 contract with UK-based industrial design specialist Priestman Goode to complete designs for the A350's interiors by October 2019.

theobcman · Wed Jan 10, 2018 4:21 pm

Anyone know when IB will receive A350 ? And will they be used MAD-LHR for crew traing ? Really hope so .... cheers

trex8 · Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:46 pm

Eyad89 wrote:
JamesCousins wrote:
KarelXWB wrote:
B-LRA diverted to Toronto due to snow storm in Newark. People were offloaded by buses.

https://twitter.com/TomPodolec/status/9 ... 8773097474

How does that work in terms of immigration laws - i.e. People have obtained VISA's etc to enter the US, but are diverted to Canada?

I had the same question, why didn't they land in any other US airport?

Pretty much every airport in the US northeast was affected and so was ORD so they probably wanted to get somewhere they could actually land and leave from which was a CX station.
Not sure but Canada is usually less fussy about visas than US so if they had a US visa they were probably ok to get a Canadian one but if they were only transiting probably not an issue anyway.

United787 · Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:32 pm

How many A350s does LH have? How many deliveries will they have this year?

Is there a production list of A350s somewhere like the All Things 787 blog? The one I know of hasn't been updated in years...

BobMUC · Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:49 pm

United787 wrote:
How many A350s does LH have? How many deliveries will they have this year?

Is there a production list of A350s somewhere like the All Things 787 blog? The one I know of hasn't been updated in years...

LH has 6 and should get 6 more this year.

https://sites.google.com/site/a350xwbpr ... ction-list

United787 · Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:48 pm

Thank you BobMUC!

KarelXWB · Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:11 am

The registration is not visible, but here is a QR A350 undergoing a C-check:

https://twitter.com/AmerSweidan/status/ ... 9138023424

pabloeing · Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:18 am

theobcman wrote:
Anyone know when IB will receive A350 ? And will they be used MAD-LHR for crew traing ? Really hope so .... cheers

First in June.....flights to LHR from june to august.

theobcman · Thu Feb 01, 2018 1:27 pm

pabloeing wrote:
theobcman wrote:
Anyone know when IB will receive A350 ? And will they be used MAD-LHR for crew traing ? Really hope so .... cheers

First in June.....flights to LHR from june to august.

That is great news. I will be on that in J once booking become available. Thanks.

StTim · Thu Feb 01, 2018 1:32 pm

Is the first C check for an A359?

sadiqutp · Thu Feb 01, 2018 2:16 pm

KarelXWB wrote:
The registration is not visible, but here is a QR A350 undergoing a C-check:

I think it's a7-ALA. It's been offline since 25th Jan.

hkcanadaexpat · Thu Feb 01, 2018 9:50 pm

KarelXWB wrote:
The registration is not visible, but here is a QR A350 undergoing a C-check:

The question is: are they also getting the Q-Suites as part of the maintenance!

KarelXWB · Fri Feb 02, 2018 2:32 pm

sadiqutp wrote:
KarelXWB wrote:
The registration is not visible, but here is a QR A350 undergoing a C-check:

I think it's a7-ALA. It's been offline since 25th Jan.

A7-ALA confirmed: https://twitter.com/qatarairways/status ... 2205840386

KarelXWB · Fri Feb 02, 2018 2:36 pm

StTim wrote:
Is the first C check for an A359?

The first C-check was performed by HAECO Hong Kong on a Finnair A350 at the end of last year.

http://www.mro-network.com/airframe/hae ... 50-c-check
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... ck-441220/

BobMUC · Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:56 pm

On Feb. 1st LH has put their new baby D-AIXG (#7) into service on the MUC to ICN route, switching from A346 to A359.

ap305 · Mon Feb 05, 2018 9:10 am

A350XWB fleet (142 delivered so far) running at 99.3% reliability says Obe. #avgeek #SGAirshow

https://twitter.com/RAeSTimR

Qatara340 · Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:05 am

Although, Qatar Airways, the world's first operator of the A350-1000, did not announce what destination the new plane will fly to, I have checked schedules for QR, and it seems the first commercial flight would be Friday Feb. 16, 2018 on QR 15 DOH-LHR; if the plane gets delievered soon.

Can't wait for the new plane to arrive for the first time to Hamad International Airport, and then off to LHR.

EPA001 · Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:10 pm

Qatara340 wrote:
Can't wait for the new plane to arrive for the first time to Hamad International Airport, and then off to LHR.

Me neither. It will be a fantastic addition to the QR-fleet.

Qatara340 · Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:28 am

hkcanadaexpat wrote:
KarelXWB wrote:
The registration is not visible, but here is a QR A350 undergoing a C-check:

The question is: are they also getting the Q-Suites as part of the maintenance!

I hope that they do. I would imagine the 777 will get priority!

Aircellist · Fri Feb 09, 2018 4:20 am

In the production thread, it is reported that delivery is planned on the 20th…

ap305 · Sat Feb 24, 2018 1:43 pm

The first -1000 has entered service on DOH-LHR. Initial cruise at fl380 compared to fl340 for the 77w on the same route earlier today.

uta999 · Sat Feb 24, 2018 1:48 pm

All LHR spotters, the first A350-1041 (A7-ANA) is due in this evening at 19.55

QR015

KarelXWB · Sat Feb 24, 2018 2:40 pm

ap305 wrote:
The first -1000 has entered service on DOH-LHR. Initial cruise at fl380 compared to fl340 for the 77w on the same route earlier today.

And now at FL400 over Iraq, about 1.5 hours into the flight.

studentdrbev · Sat Feb 24, 2018 5:00 pm

KarelXWB wrote:
ap305 wrote:
The first -1000 has entered service on DOH-LHR. Initial cruise at fl380 compared to fl340 for the 77w on the same route earlier today.

And now at FL400 over Iraq, about 1.5 hours into the flight.

Currently in the Bulgarian airspace. It will be soon entering the Romanian airspace

Interestingly enough, FR24 assigns B777 icon for A350-1041 :rotfl:

PhilDur · Sat Feb 24, 2018 7:36 pm

ap305 wrote:
The first -1000 has entered service on DOH-LHR. Initial cruise at fl380 compared to fl340 for the 77w on the same route earlier today.

How is this flight booked. Is it a specific flight stating a plane type A35K or is it a daily flight where a plane with approx. the same seating may be used ?

BOAC1966 · Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:08 pm

Very impressed with SQ31/32 SIN-SFO-SIN long sector lengths and rarely off schedule, normally early arrivals both ends! This operation demonstrates the excellence of the A350-900!

BOAC1966 · Mon Mar 12, 2018 3:51 pm

Dare one say it! The EIS of A7-AN QR on daily Doha London Doha has been very smooth offering around 13 hours utilisation per day albeit day of rest on Fridays! Looks as if a well deserved “well done “ to QR and AB service teams ...long may it continue! I hope the aircraft performance data is demonstrating the excellence of this aircraft and the inevitable minor niggles cabin related being addressed.

ap305 · Fri Mar 23, 2018 6:51 pm

BOAC1966 wrote:
Dare one say it! The EIS of A7-AN QR on daily Doha London Doha has been very smooth offering around 13 hours utilisation per day albeit day of rest on Fridays! Looks as if a well deserved “well done “ to QR and AB service teams ...long may it continue! I hope the aircraft performance data is demonstrating the excellence of this aircraft and the inevitable minor niggles cabin related being addressed.

There was no rest day...it flew the earlier QR1 on a particular day. It has been almost a month in service now and it looks like 100% dispatch reliability.

ap305 · Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:30 pm

For some reason the a350 seems unable to land in the fog at Seoul while other aircraft are doing it. Yesterday Delta diverted and today Asiana. On both occasions other aircraft are landing. Is there some certification issue specific to South Korea which is causing this?

BOAC1966 · Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:06 pm

-1000 EIS with QR going smoothly with extra sectors DOH-KWI pushing daily utilisation to around 15hours. Bet they can’t wait to to extra copies in service! Hope AB give full update on performance at nex5 financial briefing.

trex8 · Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:19 am

Not a regular flight, Taiwan President visiting Swaziland- TPE-MTS , wonder what the load was.
https://twitter.com/Airlineroute/status ... 8018530304
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a ... 2003691526

ap305 · Sat Apr 21, 2018 1:08 pm

3 days short of two months in service and not a single service disruption for the -1000... Perhaps best EIS for a derivative.

Theseus · Sat Apr 21, 2018 3:52 pm

ap305 wrote:
3 days short of two months in service and not a single service disruption for the -1000... Perhaps best EIS for a derivative.

Indeed. But the first -1000 to be delivered must feel quite lonely in the air; the second to be delivered (not sure which one it will be at this point) has not even made it to the flight line yet... The first one for Cathay was supposed to be delivered in April. Not sure when it will be. Any info on -1000 production and delivery ?

Peterwk146 · Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:54 pm

Theseus wrote:
ap305 wrote:
3 days short of two months in service and not a single service disruption for the -1000... Perhaps best EIS for a derivative.

Indeed. But the first -1000 to be delivered must feel quite lonely in the air; the second to be delivered (not sure which one it will be at this point) has not even made it to the flight line yet... The first one for Cathay was supposed to be delivered in April. Not sure when it will be. Any info on -1000 production and delivery ?

Wrong thread, my friend - there's another one discussing A350 production.

Theseus · Sun Apr 22, 2018 7:18 pm

Peterwk146 wrote:
Wrong thread, my friend - there's another one discussing A350 production.

True, I forgot about the separate production and in-service threads. Apologies!

ap305 · Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:34 am

AAB is well pleased!

http://twitter.com/AlexInAir

@Airbus A350-1000 XWB is performing better than expected, which is rare for a new jet

Tedd · Mon Apr 23, 2018 12:35 pm

ap305 wrote:
AAB is well pleased!

http://twitter.com/AlexInAir

@Airbus A350-1000 XWB is performing better than expected, which is rare for a new jet

Hopefully this kind of positive news from a disserning CEO will prompt others to place some orders in the near
future. I seem to have read a fair bit of A330Neo bashing on these pages of late........this makes a nice change!

Mortyman · Mon Apr 23, 2018 1:39 pm

On wich routes are Lufthansa using theirs ?

SQ22 · Mon Apr 23, 2018 6:57 pm

Mortyman wrote:
On wich routes are Lufthansa using theirs ?

Here you can find all current and yet known routes:

http://www.airportspotting.com/airbus-a350-routes/

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