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Based on the A330, the 245-seat A350-800 was to fly over a 8,600 nmi (15,900 km; 9,900 mi) range and the 285-seat A350-900 over a 13,900 km (7,500 nmi; 8,600 mi) range. Fuel efficiency would improve by over 10% with a mostly carbon fibre reinforced polymer wing and initial General Electric GEnx -72A1 engines, before offering a choice of ...
As part of its fleet restructuring, Air India unveiled its new logo, livery and branding on 10 August 2023 and received its first re-branded aircraft, an Airbus A350-900, on 23 December 2023. [17] [18] On 22 April 2024, Air India sold four Boeing 747 aircraft to the US company AerSale, which will convert two into freighters and scrap the other two.
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Malaysia Airlines began taking delivery of six Airbus A350-900 aircraft leased from Air Lease Corporation in 2017 to replace the ageing Boeing 777-200ER fleet, and was the first A350-900 operator to offer First Class. [41]
The A350-900s, which have a three-class configuration (business, premium economy, and economy), are primarily deployed in the airline's ultra long-haul flights to cities such as New York and Toronto. The A350s are also used in domestic and regional Asian flights during peak seasons or when there is high demand in destinations such as Bangkok ...
Qatar Airways became the launch customer of the A350, taking delivery of its first aircraft in December 2014. Later in November 2007, Qatar Airways ordered the Boeing 787-8 [43] as well as the Boeing 777. The airline ordered three variants of the latter: the -300ER, the -200LR, and the 777F.
Hong Kong’s flag carrier Cathay Pacific has canceled dozens of flights as it conducts an inspection of its entire Airbus A350 fleet after finding engine problems affecting the plane.
Although the airline had initially planned to buy Airbus' A350-1000 jets, it switched to the 777X as it is more suitable for operations at their high-altitude hub in Addis Ababa. [51] It was the first airline in Africa to acquire a Boeing 787 full-flight simulator. [52] The airline received its first Airbus A350 XWB in June 2016 (). [53]