Aircraft
Airbus A350 Progress Includes Double-Stretch Study
Airbus faces several major steps in bringing its new A350XWB twin-aisle twinjet into service. The company is working hard on flight testing, hoping to achieve a mature design when the twinjet enters service with Qatar Airways in the second half of 2014.
Airbus faces several major steps in bringing its new A350XWB twin-aisle twinjet into service. The company is working hard on flight testing, hoping to achieve a mature design when the twinjet enters service with Qatar Airways in the second half of 2014.

Airbus faces several major steps in bringing the A350XWB, which flew in June before appearing at the Paris Air Show, into service in the second half of 2014, said executive vice-president and A350 program head Didier Evrard. The manufacturer is working hard to progress the five-aircraft flight-test campaign in order to deliver a mature design at entry into service (EIS).