Airbus A350

Alan Joyce hopes to progress Qantas’ ultra-long-haul plans over the next 12 months—and he believes the airline’s Airbus A380 fleet will fly again.

LATAM Airlines Group is using its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization to retire its Airbus A350 widebodies, which will streamline its twin-aisle fleet to all Boeing aircraft.

Airbus and Malaysia Airlines have signed an agreement to extend an existing Flight Hour Services Components (FHS-C) contract for another five years.

The A350 will replace an A340-600 previously used to measure trace elements and greenhouse gases in the tropopause.

Russia’s Aeroflot has resumed the evolution of its widebody fleet after a one-year pause.

Los Angeles has been earmarked by Starlux Airlines as the Taiwanese carrier’s first U.S. destination as it builds on plans to grow its international network.

The Taiwanese carrier has taken the first step in its plan to offer LAX service.

Singapore Airlines is continuing the 'slow, steady process' of rebuilding its US flight network.

Japan Airlines (JAL) plans to cut its widebody fleet by retiring many of its Boeing 777s, following a similar move announced recently by All Nippon Airways (ANA).

The flag-carrier sees demand for cargo and transit passengers on the route.

Rolls-Royce has discovered cracks in the intermediate pressure (IP) compressor blades of higher-time Trent XWB-84 engines during scheduled overhaul but said early detection will enable the speedy development of a fix.

Airbus has agreed to increase the amount of interest it is paying on launch aid from the French and Spanish governments for the A350 in a bid to end

The Atlanta-based carrier is using passenger aircraft cargo bellies to ferry supplies and mail around the world.

Qantas has reportedly reiterated that it needs to reach a deal with its pilots by the end of March so it can finalize an order for Airbus A350-1000s to operate new ultra-long-haul routes.

United Airlines will expand service to Mexico City this summer after securing an additional slot pair.

Air France is gradually increasing the importance of the Airbus A350-900 in its operations, notably as a way to cut costs compared to earlier-generation aircraft.

EASA published an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) Feb. 6 requiring a liquid-prohibited zone in Airbus A350 cockpits, following two inflight engine shutdown incidents.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has announced it will launch commercial flights to Brussels, Belgium, starting Oct. 25, 2020

Cathay Pacific Airways has agreed to temporarily take over its partner Air New Zealand’s (ANZ) Hong Kong flights, which will help ANZ cover for a shortage of international capacity.

The advent of two-pilot crews in long-haul operations—without a third pilot for rotation during the flight—may be as close as five to six years from now, according to Groupe Dubreuil’s chief airline executive.

Routesonline provides an update on the operations of the Airbus A350. We also reveal the network size of each operator and the top destinations served by the aircraft type.

Turkish Airlines has set an ambitious passenger target this year at the same time as placing a provisional order for up to 25 long-range Airbus A350-900 aircraft.

As Airbus celebrates the milestone inaugural test flight of the new A350-1000, the largest variant of the A350XWB family, Routesonline looks at approaching two years of commercial operations with the smaller A350-900.

Lufthansa has confirmed it will base its first ten A350-900s at Munich and will enter commercial operation on the Munich – Delhi route from February 10, 2017. Alongside the Delhi route the type will also initially be used on flights from the Bavarian hub to Boston, USA.

The A350 will primarily be deployed on the airline's long-haul routes to Europe, Australia and the United States, enabling China Airlines to offer its passengers non-stop service on ultra-long routes. However, it will initially operate in local markets for crew familiarisation.