New A350-1000 stops in Thailand on demonstration tour across the region

[rooster59]

New A350-1000 stops in Thailand on demonstration tour across the region

By THE NATION

 

The A350-1000 is a long-range aircraft with a flight range of 14,800 km, enabling non-stop service from Bangkok to Europe and North America.

 

THE NEW Airbus A350-1000 has landed in Bangkok for the first time for a demonstration flight and a ground display.

 

Following its arrival at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, the aircraft took off for a special one-hour flight yesterday afternoon with representatives from the government, airlines, aviation authorities and members of the press on board.

 

The jet’s visit to Bangkok is part of a three-week demonstration tour that is bringing the A350-1000 test aircraft across the Asia-Pacific region.

 

The A350-1000 is Airbus’ latest and largest wide-body aircraft in the twin-aisle category. With a longer fuselage of seven metres, the A350-1000’s space in the premium cabin is 40 per cent larger than its smaller sibling the A350-900. 

The A350-1000 can accommodate 366 passengers in a three-class configuration, featuring Airbus’ 18-inch-wide comfort economy class seats. It is a truly long-range aircraft with a flight range of 14,800 km at entry into service, enabling non-stop service from Bangkok to Europe or North America.

 

With its airspace cabin, the A350-1000 offers the latest in cabin design and technology for the best passenger experience. 

 

Featuring a spacious and remarkably quiet cabin, the A350-1000 brings a new level of comfort and ambiance with the most modern entertainment service available in the air.

 

The A350-1000 is showing high level of commonality with the entire Airbus product line and, in particular, with the A350-900, sharing 95 per cent of common systems, part numbers and same type-rating. 

 

The A350-1000 features a modified wing trailing-edge, new six-wheel main landing gears and the more powerful Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engines. 

 

As in the case of A350-900, the A350-1000 brings together the very latest in aerodynamics, design and advanced technologies for a 25 per cent change in operating cost, compared to aircraft of the previous generation 

 

The A350-1000 being displayed, MSN065, is one of the three Airbus A350-1000 test aircraft and is equipped with a fully functional cabin (40 business class, 36 economy plus class and 219 comfort economy class seats).

 

The A350 XWB family has been especially successful in the Asia-Pacific region, where 14 major airlines have ordered a total of 287 aircraft, representing one third of the 854 orders recorded so far worldwide. 

 

Carriers from the region already flying the A350-900 for their long-haul operations include Asiana Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways, China Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways International and Vietnam Airlines.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/Corporate/30338448

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-02-10

[Darcula]

Careful now, don't want a repeat of what happend on the last demo tour.

 

Accident delays Airbus A380 test flight to Chiang Mai

[worgeordie]

" the aircraft took off for a special one-hour flight yesterday afternoon with representatives from the government, " how much commission is it on one of these ?

regards worgeordie

[baboon]

41 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Featuring a spacious and remarkably quiet cabin, the A350-1000 brings a new level of comfort and ambiance with the most modern entertainment service available in the air.

Rest assured the airlines who operate it will soon put a stop to any of that 'comfort' and 'ambiance' malarkey...

[JoePai]

18-inch-wide comfort economy class seats  

[Ricardo]

Will these replace TG's unused/unwanted A340s ?

[CGW]

Wish they would install more engines on these new planes, two just seems so minimal!

[GinBoy2]

Hail Mary attempt after recognizing that maybe Boeing was right, and the A380 was an albatross around their neck

[Cadbury]

Saw a few of these coming and going from Noi Bai airport Hanoi more than a week ago. Wondered what they were.

Seems they were operating in full service yet the Thai ones are only in demo mode catering for government officials (military and civil service freeloaders).

No doubt the PM will soak up the limelight again and make a media opportunity of it and put on some corny hammed up act to be the first Thai person to buy a ticket.....just like he did with the vanishing blue buses over a year ago.

[nong38]

I think the PM should have one for himself, he deserves it.

[yogavnture]

i prefer boeing but i have to admit this is a nice looking plane.i wonder if it will be two seat on sides or three

[JoePai]

5 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

Hail Mary attempt after recognizing that maybe Boeing was right, and the A380 was an albatross around their neck

 

Agree it is a great shame as that 'albatross ' is by far the most comfortable plane to fly on

[hansnl]

5 hours ago, CGW said:

Wish they would install more engines on these new planes, two just seems so minimal!

2 engines.

Cheaper to build

Cheaper to run

Enough said.

[faraday]

Why has the A380 not been the success it was hoped for?

 

[nong38]

40 minutes ago, yogavnture said:

i prefer boeing but i have to admit this is a nice looking plane.i wonder if it will be two seat on sides or three

3x3x3.

[coulson]

5 hours ago, CGW said:

Wish they would install more engines on these new planes, two just seems so minimal!

Engine failure is usually a common cause - fuel/ birdstrike/ volcanic dust. 2 is as good as 4 as far as record shows.

 

[Becker]

5 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

Hail Mary attempt after recognizing that maybe Boeing was right, and the A380 was an albatross around their neck

So a "Hail Mary attempt" started long before it was ever known if the 380 would be successful or not? Man. those Airbus guys sure know their stuff!!

 

From Wikipedia:

 

The Airbus A350 XWB is a family of long-range, twin-engine wide-body jet airliners developed by European aircraft manufacturer Airbus. The A350 is the first Airbus aircraft with both fuselage and wing structures made primarily of carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer.[8] Its variants seat 280 to 366 passengers in typical three-class seating layouts.[9] The A350 is positioned to succeed the A340, and compete with the Boeing 787 and 777.

The A350 was originally conceived in 2004 as a pairing of the A330's fuselage with new aerodynamics features and engines. In 2006, Airbus redesigned the aircraft in response to criticism from several major prospective customers and renamed it the A350 XWB (extra wide body). Development costs are estimated at €11 billion (US$15 billion or £9.5 billion).[6] As of January 2018, Airbus had received 854 orders for A350s from 46 customers worldwide.[5] The prototype A350 first flew on 14 June 2013 from Toulouse, France. Type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency was received in September 2014 and certification from the Federal Aviation Administration two months later. On 15 January 2015, the A350 entered service with Qatar Airways, the type's launch customer.

[JAG]

5 hours ago, Ricardo said:

Will these replace TG's unused/unwanted A340s ?

Are they still trying to flog those?

 

[coulson]

15 minutes ago, faraday said:

Why has the A380 not been the success it was hoped for?

 

Operating costs and many publicized incidents.

 

Just like concorde, might not last, although they are still producing the A380neo flr orders up until 2020

 

A350 is a much better venture

[Moti24]

5 hours ago, nong38 said:

I think the PM should have one for himself, he deserves it.

But he'll still be within 14,800kms from Thailand!  Can't the A350 refuel in mid-air and get any further!

[CGW]

12 minutes ago, coulson said:

Engine failure is usually a common cause - fuel/ birdstrike/ volcanic dust. 2 is as good as 4 as far as record shows.

 

Common sense tells me otherwise!

[JAG]

5 hours ago, Cadbury said:

Saw a few of these coming and going from Noi Bai airport Hanoi more than a week ago. Wondered what they were.

Seems they were operating in full service yet the Thai ones are only in demo mode catering for government officials (military and civil service freeloaders).

No doubt the PM will soak up the limelight again and make a media opportunity of it and put on some corny hammed up act to be the first Thai person to buy a ticket.....just like he did with the vanishing blue buses over a year ago.

Oh don't compare them with the buses.

Besides, they would never fit in the parking lot - its full of fire-engines...

[Krungbin]

1 hour ago, yogavnture said:

i prefer boeing but i have to admit this is a nice looking plane.i wonder if it will be two seat on sides or three

That decision is made by the airlines buying the aircraft. Not by the manufacturer...

[Krungbin]

15 minutes ago, coulson said:

Operating costs and many publicized incidents.

 

Just like concorde, might not last, although they are still producing the A380neo flr orders up until 2020

 

A350 is a much better venture

Everybody forgot that it took 50 years to Boeing to sell 1500 B-747's in more than 10 different versions...

[coulson]

12 minutes ago, CGW said:

Common sense tells me otherwise!

Common sense didn't build aircraft

[dabhand]

6 hours ago, Cadbury said:

Saw a few of these coming and going from Noi Bai airport Hanoi more than a week ago. Wondered what they were.

Seems they were operating in full service yet the Thai ones are only in demo mode catering for government officials (military and civil service freeloaders).

No doubt the PM will soak up the limelight again and make a media opportunity of it and put on some corny hammed up act to be the first Thai person to buy a ticket.....just like he did with the vanishing blue buses over a year ago.

Was this the aircraft?

http://vneconomictimes.com:8081/article/vietnam-today/new-a350-1000-lands-in-hanoi-on-demonstration-tour

A new Airbus A350-1000 landed in Hanoi for the first time for a demonstration flight and ground display on February 2 as a part of a three-week Demonstration Tour in the Asia-Pacific region.

 

Operating in full service?

 

[Krungbin]

43 minutes ago, dabhand said:

Was this the aircraft?

http://vneconomictimes.com:8081/article/vietnam-today/new-a350-1000-lands-in-hanoi-on-demonstration-tour

A new Airbus A350-1000 landed in Hanoi for the first time for a demonstration flight and ground display on February 2 as a part of a three-week Demonstration Tour in the Asia-Pacific region.

 

Operating in full service?

 

10 A350-900 in service

[dabhand]

4 minutes ago, Krungbin said:

10 A350-900 in service

Thought the article was about the A350-1000?

How many of these are currently in service?

[Argus Tuft]

8 hours ago, Darcula said:

Careful now, don't want a repeat of what happend on the last demo tour.

 

Accident delays Airbus A380 test flight to Chiang Mai

That was 11 years ago.

ELEVEN YEARS ago.

It was 2007.

 

is that all you could come up with to contribute to this topic??

[Argus Tuft]

1 minute ago, dabhand said:

Thought the article was about the A350-1000?

How many of these are currently in service?

None yet.  Qatar is the launch customer for the -1000, due to start next couple of weeks I think.