The Airbus A350-1000, when he entered the service in the second half of 2017, will be the largest twin-engine aircraft of european production, is this Thursday, November 24, to make its inaugural flight. The unit came out at 9:40 (time in mainland Portugal, 10:40 local) and stayed in the air for four hours and 20 minutes.
The arrival at the heaven of the instrument – the competitor of american Boeing 777 – happened from the airport of Toulouse, which serves the Airbus. This is one of the three planes of the test that will this subject, according to the Reuters, the 1600 hours of intensive exercises of the flight.
The new device, with 73,8 meters long, is the largest of the family XWB (extra wide body) of the manufacturer, with the capacity to receive 40 more passengers than the other two models, the A350 (the 800 and the 900).
In total you can carry between 366 and 440 passengers, which fits in the segment “mini-jumbo”, and promising, with the integration of materials in carbon fiber, an energy saving of 25% in relation to its more direct competitors. The engines Trent XWB of Rolls-Royce give you a reach 14,700 kilometers.
She’s in the skies! Congratulations @Airbus – we just witnessed the first ever take off of the #A350-1000 here in Toulouse. #A350FF ?? pic.twitter.com/dFesNjPZRH
— Alex Macheras (@AlexInAir) November 24, 2016
This same family, the A350, should it come to equipping the Portuguese TAP with new aircraft – were provided for 12 new A350-900 before the privatization, but the order was eventually replaced by the 14 devices A330-900neo 14, version Airspace, that the company shall receive from the end of 2017.
according To the sheet current orders of Airbus, the biggest customers for the new aircraft are Qatar Airways (the company that this Saturday is the recruiting flight attendants in Lisbon, wants the 37 devices), United Airlines (35), Cathay Pacific (26th) and Etihad (22).
This month, the aircraft manufacturer competitor, the american Boeing, has finalized the design of its new model 777-9X, which should come to be the largest aircraft with two jet engines in the world and will be ready to cross the heavens from 2020.
The evolution of the 777 will have a capacity for 400 passengers and a range of 8,700 nautical miles (about 16 thousand kilometers), and its wingspan (71,8 meters, more than 64,75 competitor the A350-1000) will be such that the tips of the wings are prepared to collect so that it may circulate on the track without causing problems in the operation of the airport.
(News updated at 15:34 with details on the first trip device testing)
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