A350Blog

A350 pictures & news.

[Aviation Toulouse @Frenchpainter]

Already the second test flight for F-WULR today. ✈️ #A350 #Toulouse

[STARLUX Airlines Japan @starluxjapan]

スターラックス航空は3月、仏トゥールーズでのデリバリーを前にB-58552の空撮（Air-to-Air Shooting）を実施しました🎥

@Airbus #A350-1000がピレネーの山々を越え、新たな空へと羽ばたく姿をご覧ください🌟

#STARLUX #LuxuryBeyondHorizons

[A350Blog @A350Blog]

@Qantas will announce the first Project Sunrise route and timing of its inaugural commercial services later this month.

From Sidney, which will the first non-stop ✈️ service of the #A350-1000ULR?

[A350Blog @A350Blog]

First Flight of MSN707 #A350-1000ULR yesterday at Toulouse took 3 hours 43 minutes, reaching an altitude of slightly above 41,000 feet.

Temporary registration F-WULR.

The aircraft is fitted with special FTI Flight Test Instrumentation for the flight test campaign (~2 months)

[A350Blog @A350Blog]

1st #A350-1000 ULR Airborne.
MSN707 for @Qantas
Ultra Long Range

[A350Blog @A350Blog]

Cathay Pacific ordered +2 #A350F
New total of 8

[aircraftmaintenancengineer @airmainengineer]

No music needed for this one… 👀✈️

Pure RAW footage of the Lufthansa A350 departure in the new livery. 🔥🎧

That engine spool-up is just perfection. Best sounding widebody right now 🛫

With seb.fa.muc
Not an ad

[A350Blog @A350Blog]

Air China Cargo ordered +4 #A350F
New total of 10

[A350Blog @A350Blog]

Airbus delayed 1st #A350-1000 ULR by 4 months (from Dec/2026 to April/2027) because of "supply chain issues" without peoviding more details.

@Qantas ordered 12 #A350-1000ULR ultra-long-range to operate the world’s longest non-stop flights.

via @business

[Mario Trunz @mtrunz]

Two Airbus A350 delivery flights. However, one aircraft belongs to a lessor that requires the aircraft to briefly fly into UK airspace (and perhaps have its final papers signed while in air). Aviation can be endlessly complicated.

[A350Blog @A350Blog]

Delivery delays on #A350 in coming 3 years.
A key reason is short staffing at Kinston (NC 🇺🇸) former @SpiritAero site, acquired by Airbus in 2025.
Centre Fus. panels manufacturing impacted as several employees & staff have moved to other sites working for Boeing.
via @ReutersAero

[A350Blog @A350Blog]

Another example of a new serial ground test for the #A350F is the innovative Automated Wiring Self-Test for the Cargo Loading System.
Airbus devised a solution that allowed automated wiring (1300+) self-tests to be performed directly from the cockpit using the software functions.

[A350Blog @A350Blog]

2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ 🅰️3️⃣5️⃣0️⃣

#A350 in April: 15 ordered, 0 cancelled & 4 delivered.

Orderbook: 1579 (50)
Deliveries: 714 (15)
Operators: 41
Backlog: 865
(Acum. 2026)

Deliveries:
• 3 v900 (Turkish, SAS, Emirates) + 1 v1000 (Etihad)

Orders:
• 15 v900 "Undisclosed"
📸 @ikarosairline

[dn280 @dn280]

Airbus / Qantas A350-1041 ULR msn 707 F-WULR - First A350-1000 ULR and prototype
Starlux A350-1041 msn 791 F-WZNI / B-58553 "Airsorayama Silver" SJX/03

05.05.2026

[A350Blog @A350Blog]

#A350 MSN470 China Eastern Airlines LH wing damaged when parking at Shanghai airport.
"Minor contact due to some mechanical issue under investigation" as per the airline. No injuries.

[Turbine Traveller @Turbinetraveler]

More videos from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport show the moment China Eastern Airlines A350-900 (B-324W) flight MU5406 struck a boarding bridge at the gate upon arrival from Chengdu.
📹: @HXD3D0138

[A350Blog @A350Blog]

Liebherr-Aerospace 🇩🇪 delivered 1st nose landing gear NLG for #A350F.

To ensure stability on ground while loading 📦, the new electronic pressure sensor monitors the internal shock absorber pressure.

The #A350F balance on ground is computed based on the load on the NLG.

[Fahad Naim @Fahadnaimb]

STARLUX B-58553 getting those ultra-precise metallic layers at Toulouse. The challenge of making it look like liquid chrome on a carbon-fiber plane was no joke... three years in the making.

[A350Blog @A350Blog]

In the first pre-series aircraft the #A350F MDCDs will be installed in Toulouse.

On serial production, it will be delivered from Illescas 🇪🇸 to Hamburg 🇩🇪 for integration into the aft fuselage & actuation systems installation, before being transported to the FAL in Toulouse 🇫🇷.

[A350Blog @A350Blog]

The #A350F main deck cargo door is made from composite materials and features an electrical open/close actuation system.

📸 Airbus

[A350Blog @A350Blog]

The A350F’s most prominent feature is the large aft-mounted main-deck cargo door.

⚠️Already at FAL-Toulouse.

The #A350F has the largest main deck cargo door, at 175 in. (4,44m.) wide, allowing for the transport of large commercial aircraft engines, among other voluminous cargo.

[A350Blog @A350Blog]

The cargo door arrived at FAL-Toulouse on 21/April from Illescas 🇪🇸 site, with engineers starting installation on the MSN700 prototype the following day.

Airbus confirmed that integrating the #A350F main-deck cargo door will take roughly one month.

via @AviationWing