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Tue, Jun 24, 2014

A350 XWB Test Fleet Now Complete

‘MSN005’ ... The Fifth And Final Flight-Test Aircraft ... Flies For The First Time

With the first flight of A350 MSN005, the five-strong development fleet is now complete.

Being the second passenger cabin-equipped A350 and tasked with route proving and ETOPS validation, MSN005 embodies the operationally definitive configuration for Type Certification duties. This milestone means that the A350 XWB development program is at full speed and on track for certification in the third quarter of this year, to be followed thereafter by delivery of the first customer aircraft to Qatar Airways in the fourth quarter.

As of Friday, the A350 XWB program has already achieved more than 2,000 flight-test hours in around 500 flights, and with this the program is demonstrating the highest flying rate ever achieved in Airbus flight tests, with around 80 flight hours per aircraft per month.

(Image provided by Airbus)

FMI: www.airbus.com

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