19 January 2015

A350 family will grow



The A350WXB family has at least 20 years in which to grow well beyond the current -900 and -1000 models, Airbus president and CEO Fabrice Brégier said on 22/Dec as the 1st of the A350 was handed over to launch customer Qatar Airways.

Source: Airbus


Mr. BrĂ©gier said “The A350XWB is at the very start of the growth of the family beyond the models we have and it will have a further 20 years in which to develop additional versions.”
While he didn’t go into any firm details he did refer to a possible A350 Regional model optimised for short higher demand routes after the style of the A330R.



Source: Airbus


He also referred to the potential growth of the 97,000 pounds thrust version of the Rolls-Royce XWB engine to power the A350-1000 -due in service less than 3 years from now- which would fit with speculation that there will be a A350-1100 version to follow it with additional seating to match the capacity of the Boeing 777-9 (X-series) due in service from late 2020.

Source: Langenfeld





Based on the article “Airbus chief: A350 family will grow, A380 future secure” published in Plane Talking.

3 comments:

  1. Recent news about Airbus is that its planning to install ejectable black box flight recorders on its new wide-bodied A380 and A350 aircraft in an effort to make it easier to recover evidence in the event of an accident.This is because,there has been a series of major incidents involving commercial aircraft.

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  2. So you think that they will develop another twin behind the A35J? If so, why?

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  3. I hope the A330 one day is put to death and make the A350-800 plane please

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