Airbus Commercial CEO, L.Wagner; "The market is demanding a longer and stretched #A350. We obviously don't want the launch to be at the end of a 5-year time frame. We decide when we have a business-case and when we go for approval to the board, ... but it won't be 2030."
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#A350 in August: 23 ordered, 0 cancelled & 3 delivered.
Orderbook: 1624 (95)
Deliveries: 734 (35)
Customers: 69
Backlog: 890
(Acum. 2026)
Deliveries:
• 3 -1000 (Qatar, Starlux, Philippine)
Air China ordered 15 -900 & "undisclosed" 8 A350F
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US cargo airline @KalittaAir is reportedly -@ReutersAero- the mystery customer behind the order for 8 #A350F freighters that was made in August.
Airbus completed a 3-year research program into autonomous aircraft taxiing after conducting 30 h. of tests with an #A350 prototype at CDG @ParisAeroport in July.
"Optimate" uses cameras, radar, lidar & positioning technologies to monitor A350's surroundings.
via @LaDepecheAero



















