Airbus Building A350 Fuselage Assembly Facility
Airbus has is progressing with construction of its new 160,000-square-foot A350 XWB fuselage-assembly hangar at its German factory in Hamburg.

Airbus has is progressing with construction of its new 160,000-square-foot A350 XWB fuselage-assembly hangar at its German factory in Hamburg.

From the second quarter of 2011, carbon fiber-reinforced plastic aft-fuselage sections up to 55 feet long will be assembled there and equipped with flight-relevant systems. Complete forward-fuselage sections will be delivered to the plant for systems installation and final assembly of the 19.55-foot diameter structure, “the [world’s] largest composites fuselage,” according to the European manufacturer.