Aircraft
Airbus Continues Flight Tests on Several Variants
A status update on the airframer's programs.
Airbus brought this Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97-powered A350-1000 to display at this year’s Singapore Airshow.
Airbus brought this Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97-powered A350-1000 to display at this year’s Singapore Airshow.

On static display until February 8, the Airbus A350-1000 is on a three-week, 30,000-nm (55,500-km) Asia-Pacific and Middle East demonstration tour. This second variant of the large twin-aisle twinjet received European and U.S. certification in late November and this example, manufacturer's serial number (MSN) 065 and one of three flight-test machines, is configured with 40 business-, 36 economy-plus-, and 219 "comfort" economy-class seats.