European airframer Airbus SE is cutting production of its long-range widebody airliner, the Airbus A350, from 6 to 5 per month as undelivered aircraft being to pile up. In its half-year reports Airbus disclosed that 145 airliners went undelivered in the first half of 2020, a direct result of the [read more]
A British Airways Airbus A350 has collided with an Emirates Boeing 777 on the ground at Dubai International (DXB/OMDB). The aircraft, G-XWBA, was due to operate British Airways flight BA106 to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL). An image posted on Twitter by @airline_kitty shows that both aircraft appear to have suffered damage [read more]
Airbus has been using an Airbus A350-1000XWB test aircraft to transport millions of face masks from China to Airbus Home Countries. The face masks were purchased by Airbus and will be donated to France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. The Aircraft, F-WWIL, took from Toulose, France and headed for [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) is preparing its Airbus A350-1000XWB aircraft for its first long-haul service next month. G-XWBA, which recently joined the British Airways fleet, is due to fly its first long haul service to Dubai (DXB/OMDB) on the 2nd September 2019 and the airline is busy putting the aircraft through [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has unveiled its new “Flying Icon” nose art on its brand new Airbus A350-1000XWB G-VLUX ‘Red Velvet’. Virgin aircraft have always carried the companies famous Flying Lady which is based on the pin-up girls made famous in the 1930s and 1940s by Peruvian artist Alberto Vargas. The new [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has officially taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-1000XWB at the Airbus factory in Toulouse, France. The aircraft, G-VLUX “Red Velvet”, is the first of 12 Airbus A350XWB aircraft for the long-haul airline. Virgin’s Airbus A350-1000XWB is expected to begin a crew training programme with the airline [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has welcomed its first Airbus A350-100XWB into the fleet after its first aircraft arrived at Heathrow at the weekend. G-XWBA is the first of 18 A350’s for the airline, 4 of which will be delivered in 2019. The aircraft is the first to introduce British Airways new [read more]
The first Airbus A350-1000XWB for British Airways (BA/BAW) will arrive at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) this Friday ahead of its entry into service with the airline. G-XWBA is the first of 18 A350-1000XWB aircraft the airline has on order and the airline will formally accept the aircraft in Toulouse before the [read more]
Virgin Atlantic VS/VIR) has revealed its first Airbus A350-1000 has left the paint shop in its full Virgin Atlantic livery. The aircraft, the latest to join the Virgin Atlantic fleet, is due to take to the skies later this summer and will be used on the London Heathrow to New [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has confirmed that its Airbus A350 will be the first aircraft to be fitted with the new Business Class “Club Suite”. The A350 joins the British Airways fleet in July and will initially fly some short haul routes including London to Madrid giving the crews the chance [read more]
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