Airbus A350 Production/Delivery Thread 2018

Eyad89 · Mon Apr 30, 2018 8:53 am

Unlike previous years, deliveries of A350 in Q1 are moving ahead quite well. Airbus seems to have learned how to do it faster now. What is the target for this year? 100?

BobMUC · Mon Apr 30, 2018 11:20 am

MSN209 LHs #10 on it's FF: https://www.flightradar24.com/AIB01ND/1136c6ff

hkcanadaexpat · Mon Apr 30, 2018 12:49 pm

MSN 106 (QR#25) departing on a second test flight #AIB02FT
MSN 216 (SQ) out on another test flight this morning #AIB06NY

hkcanadaexpat · Mon Apr 30, 2018 11:20 pm

MSN 118 (CX#23) initial engine run
MSN 200 (JJ#8) departed on its delivery flight. Delivery #25 of 2018 (#8 in April)

777Mech · Tue May 01, 2018 7:10 am

DL's next and 11th A350 delivery, MSN 204, is scheduled for 24May18.

hkcanadaexpat · Wed May 02, 2018 7:46 am

MSN 102 (QR#27) has rolled out to the flightline.
MSN 216 (SQ) departing on its daily test flight #AIB07NY

StTim · Wed May 02, 2018 7:51 am

MSN216 must be into the more interesting stages of testing with the additional fuel volumes starting to be used - even if they are not yet flying very long stages.

audidudi · Wed May 02, 2018 4:55 pm

777Mech wrote:
DL's next and 11th A350 delivery, MSN 204, is scheduled for 24May18.

It will actually be the 10th A350 delivery to DL, N510DN!

777Mech · Wed May 02, 2018 6:14 pm

audidudi wrote:
777Mech wrote:
DL's next and 11th A350 delivery, MSN 204, is scheduled for 24May18.

It will actually be the 10th A350 delivery to DL, N510DN!

Brain fart! Thank you!

hkcanadaexpat · Wed May 02, 2018 10:04 pm

MSN 118 (CX#23) completed its RTO this afternoon. First flight scheduled for Thursday.

BobMUC · Thu May 03, 2018 9:32 am

hkcanadaexpat wrote:
MSN 118 (CX#23) completed its RTO this afternoon. First flight scheduled for Thursday.

Now preparing for FF: https://www.flightradar24.com/AIB01GV/113f6345

Theseus · Thu May 03, 2018 10:09 am

BobMUC wrote:
hkcanadaexpat wrote:
MSN 118 (CX#23) completed its RTO this afternoon. First flight scheduled for Thursday.

Now preparing for FF: https://www.flightradar24.com/AIB01GV/113f6345

Airborne... And incorrectly labelled as a -900.

Flying-Tiger · Thu May 03, 2018 10:12 am

Seems that many more Hainan deliveries can be expected:
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Miguel1982 · Thu May 03, 2018 10:19 am

Of course Clément was there

CXGabriel · Thu May 03, 2018 2:02 pm

CX First A350-1000 first flight: https://news.cathaypacific.com/cathay-p ... n-toulouse

audidudi · Fri May 04, 2018 1:45 pm

The 12th A350 for Thai International was delivered today:

Airbus A350-941 201 HS-THN Thai International delivery 04 May 2018 TLS-BKK ex F-WZGE

audidudi · Fri May 04, 2018 4:28 pm

The 5th A350 for Malaysia Airlines was delivered today:

Airbus A350-941 203 9M-MAF Malaysia Airlines delivery 04 May 2018 TLS-KUL ex F-WZFS

audidudi · Sat May 05, 2018 1:48 pm

The 9th A350 for Lufthansa was delivered today:

Airbus A350-941 202 D-AIXI Lufthansa delivery 05 May 2018 TLS-MUC ex F-WZGO, new c/s.

biggi3001 · Sun May 06, 2018 5:35 pm

Here a Youtube Link from the arrival of the New Lufthansa A350 at Munich Airport
https://youtu.be/xc0tNicytxY

hkcanadaexpat · Wed May 09, 2018 12:08 pm

MSN 210 (DL#11) completed initial engine run this morning.

A330freak · Wed May 09, 2018 1:03 pm

MSN216, Iberia's first A350 has been painted!

Pictures from
https://www.facebook.com/pg/iberia/phot ... 9112096481

A330freak · Wed May 09, 2018 1:41 pm

LoganTheBogan wrote:
A330freak wrote:
MSN216, Iberia's first A350 has been painted!
https://www.facebook.com/pg/iberia/phot ... 9112096481

I believe you mean MSN 219.

Yes I did! Must be time I got some sleep, thanks for the correction!

LoganTheBogan · Wed May 09, 2018 1:42 pm

A330freak wrote:
MSN216, Iberia's first A350 has been painted!

Pictures from
https://www.facebook.com/pg/iberia/phot ... 9112096481

I believe you mean MSN 219.

LoganTheBogan · Wed May 09, 2018 1:54 pm

Absolutely stunning either way though! The extended winglets look great with that sharp sweep-back and the red paint job!

Jayafe · Wed May 09, 2018 2:04 pm

LoganTheBogan wrote:
Absolutely stunning either way though! The extended winglets look great with that sharp sweep-back and the red paint job!

Don't forget the stunning name for a 1st delivery of the type.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pl%C3%A1cido_Domingo

pabloeing · Wed May 09, 2018 2:28 pm

The IB A350 with the engine in red...like IB Express ....would be awesome

LAX772LR · Wed May 09, 2018 3:59 pm

I don't know why people dog the IB colors so much... they look great on this!

3rdGen · Wed May 09, 2018 8:02 pm

LAX772LR wrote:
I don't know why people dog the IB colors so much... they look great on this!

The plane is white with red lettering and a red tail and winglets. With a bit of orange thrown in. How is this at all exciting.

Jayafe · Wed May 09, 2018 8:06 pm

3rdGen wrote:
The plane is white with red lettering and a red tail and winglets. With a bit of orange thrown in. How is this at all exciting.

Jesus, it's yellow :banghead:

The flag should give you a hint

3rdGen · Wed May 09, 2018 8:26 pm

Jayafe wrote:
3rdGen wrote:
The plane is white with red lettering and a red tail and winglets. With a bit of orange thrown in. How is this at all exciting.

Jesus, it's yellow The flag should give you a hint

Well it's so boring I didn't look at it long enough to fully register it's colors.

Having said that the days of any interesting color schemes is dead in aviation. Large titles that identify the brand and a logo on the tail. What's more important is that price the pax see on the internet when they go looking for tickets.

LAX772LR · Wed May 09, 2018 8:27 pm

3rdGen wrote:
LAX772LR wrote:
I don't know why people dog the IB colors so much... they look great on this!

The plane is white with red lettering and a red tail and winglets. With a bit of orange thrown in. How is this at all exciting.

Where did I say that it's "exciting"...?

Can't say I'd describe the concept of coloration in that context.

Virginblue4 · Wed May 09, 2018 8:30 pm

Looks great! Can’t wait to fly on her in July!

george77300 · Wed May 09, 2018 9:52 pm

3rdGen wrote:
Jayafe wrote:
3rdGen wrote:
The plane is white with red lettering and a red tail and winglets. With a bit of orange thrown in. How is this at all exciting.

Jesus, it's yellow The flag should give you a hint

Well it's so boring I didn't look at it long enough to fully register it's colors.

Having said that the days of any interesting color schemes is dead in aviation. Large titles that identify the brand and a logo on the tail. What's more important is that price the pax see on the internet when they go looking for tickets.

I have to say the new (not so now) EY livery is so good though. Makes a change from the new (and old) white with a name on it. cough...Lufthansa...cough

:white:

Jayafe · Wed May 09, 2018 10:01 pm

3rdGen wrote:
Well it's so boring I didn't look at it long enough to fully register it's colors.

Making a statement without even paying attention to the pictures, and bragging about it. That's what a call a solid opinion Sir, well done. Enough with the off topic

Pbb152 · Thu May 10, 2018 2:16 pm

Jayafe wrote:
3rdGen wrote:
Well it's so boring I didn't look at it long enough to fully register it's colors.

Making a statement without even paying attention to the pictures, and bragging about it. That's what a call a solid opinion Sir, well done. Enough with the off topic

Yes, because the difference between yellow and orange would have mattered in the grand scheme of things.

Regardless, I think the A350 looks amazing in IB colors. I was never really sold on the livery, but that looks really nice. Honestly, I think the A350 may be the sleekest looking aircraft around in this day of boring twins.

SleeplessInZh · Fri May 11, 2018 2:02 am

Ugly livery.its just plain red and yellow.its bland.the designer, didn't gave much effort to design to a more exiciting livery.that livery is a joke.sorry to say.i know that red is spains color,but that is like...'i needed to sleep' livery

BOAC1966 · Mon May 14, 2018 12:32 pm

A35k progress in production seems painfully slow despite the one aircraft actually in service seemingly performing well. Test flying with prototypes ground to a halt and the next two production aircraft doing nothing. No doubt cabin fit issues arising but is there more?

Also SQ ULH 359 after good work rate seems also at rest! TLS summer holidays not that distant so increased work rates needed or are we seeing a very fundamental production slow down as orders soften and carriers need to slip deliveries to cope with 787 and RR problems plus of course Airbus own Neo bottlenecks

hkcanadaexpat · Mon May 14, 2018 2:34 pm

MSN 210 (DL#11) first test flight in progress #AIB01NE
MSN 205 (ET#9) at the delivery centre this morning

hkcanadaexpat · Mon May 14, 2018 3:05 pm

Initial engine run for MSN 102 (QR#27)
RTO for MSN 114 (QR#26)

mjoelnir · Mon May 14, 2018 3:34 pm

BOAC1966 wrote:
A35k progress in production seems painfully slow despite the one aircraft actually in service seemingly performing well. Test flying with prototypes ground to a halt and the next two production aircraft doing nothing. No doubt cabin fit issues arising but is there more?

Also SQ ULH 359 after good work rate seems also at rest! TLS summer holidays not that distant so increased work rates needed or are we seeing a very fundamental production slow down as orders soften and carriers need to slip deliveries to cope with 787 and RR problems plus of course Airbus own Neo bottlenecks

Two of the 3 A350-1000 prototypes are being or will soon start to be refurbished for being sold. MSN65 will go to French Bee and MSN71 to Virgin Atlantic.
MSN216 the first A350-900LR for SQ is doing test flights. The last on may the 7th up to now.
There have been 3 A350 deliveries this month, 7 frames, 6 A350-900 and 1 A350-100o, are doing predelivery test flights and 4 frames, 3 -900 and 1 -1000, are waiting for the first flight.
Last month deliveries were 8 frames.
It would be interesting to know, how you measure a slow down.

Theseus · Mon May 14, 2018 3:49 pm

BOAC1966 wrote:
A35k progress in production seems painfully slow despite the one aircraft actually in service seemingly performing well. Test flying with prototypes ground to a halt and the next two production aircraft doing nothing. No doubt cabin fit issues arising but is there more?

Also SQ ULH 359 after good work rate seems also at rest! TLS summer holidays not that distant so increased work rates needed or are we seeing a very fundamental production slow down as orders soften and carriers need to slip deliveries to cope with 787 and RR problems plus of course Airbus own Neo bottlenecks

I asked the question of the A35K three weeks ago (page 14), and hkcanadaexpat mentioned (reply 662) that several frames were delayed at the cabin fit stage, with customer supplied items missing. Since then, one frame did its first flight (MSN 118, CX) and another joined the flight line, waiting for first flight (MSN 102, QR). This seems consistent and encouraging (of course, I do not expect the QR frame to go quickly through the process).

The ULH frame is still undergoing testing, and the delivery is far, far away. I have not seen anything suggesting that the process is slower than expected (or not).

hkcanadaexpat · Mon May 14, 2018 8:06 pm

MSN 204 (DL#10) has been spotted at the delivery centre.
MSN 219 (IB#1) has rolled out to the flightline this evening.

NWADTWE16 · Mon May 14, 2018 8:30 pm

Love this thread, thank you to all the contributors

ttm · Mon May 14, 2018 9:20 pm

Any chance that any of the Sichuan Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines or Air China frames might make it home before year end?

hkcanadaexpat · Mon May 14, 2018 9:23 pm

ttm wrote:
Any chance that any of the Sichuan Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines or Air China frames might make it home before year end?

yes

bycac · Tue May 15, 2018 12:03 pm

the first A350 Iberia CN 219 is now on flight line :

StTim · Tue May 15, 2018 1:34 pm

Is the IB the first frame with the next performance improvement set? I know it has the new winglets but what other changes, if any, does it have?

hkcanadaexpat · Tue May 15, 2018 1:53 pm

MSN 118 (CX#23) out on a second test flight #AIB02GV
MSN 205 (ET#9) completed its first CAF #AIB04GY

mjoelnir · Tue May 15, 2018 3:34 pm

StTim wrote:
Is the IB the first frame with the next performance improvement set? I know it has the new winglets but what other changes, if any, does it have?

The new winglets are accompanied with a change to the wing. Change in the wing twist and some other aerodynamically work. We can expect at a certain point that all new frames are moved to this standard. It is one of the changes that MSN219, the A350-900ULR for SQ, is test flying as it is.

CraigAnderson · Wed May 16, 2018 11:10 am

Cathay Pacific's first A350-1000 due for delivery June 20

https://www.ausbt.com.au/cathay-pacific ... ve-june-20

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