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Airbus in Nantes delivers first A350 XWB Centre Wing Box to Airbus in St Nazaire
Piano piano il primo A359XWB sta prendendo forma:
Link: http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/p...-xwb-centre-wing-box-to-airbus-in-st-nazaire/
Piano piano il primo A359XWB sta prendendo forma:
Airbus in Nantes delivers first A350 XWB Centre Wing Box to Airbus in St Nazaire
Main components of the first A350 XWB progressing towards final assembly
[FONT=d3c86121dfec9b9a08257e08#308d00]9 August 2011[/FONT] [FONT=d3c86121dfec9b9a08257e08#308d00]Press Release[/FONT]
The first A350 XWB centre wing box has been delivered from Airbus’ site in Nantes, France to Airbus’ St Nazaire, France facility where it will be assembled into the first A350 XWB fuselage. The impressive A350 XWB centre wing box, made from 40% carbon fibre reinforced plastics, measures 6.5 metres by 5.5 metres and is 3.9 metres tall.
Loaded on to a special transport jig, the A350 XWB centre wing box left Nantes by river barge, together with an A380 centre wing box, travelling along the Loire River to reach St Nazaire a few hours later. Once the part is installed in to the A350 XWB fuselage, the sub-assembly will then be flown by Beluga from St Nazaire to Airbus’ brand new A350 XWB final assembly line in Toulouse, France.
“This is a great milestone and marks a significant step forwards for the A350 XWB programme as we get closer to the start of final assembly of the first aircraft”, said Didier Evrard, Head of the A350 XWB programme. “The delivery of the first A350 XWB centre wing box is the result of the team’s sheer hard work, expertise in the design and manufacturing of complex, large composite structures and their strong commitment to deliver to our customers on time and on quality.”
The first composite lay-up for the A350 XWB took place in Nantes in December 2009, marking the coming to life of the aircraft. The biggest panels produced for the centre wing-box, entirely made of carbon fibre, have a surface area of 36 square meters, making them the largest “monobloc” composite panels ever manufactured in Nantes.
Along with other Airbus facilities around the world, the Airbus plant in Nantes has a high expertise in composite material and is a leader in the manufacture and assembly of carbon fibre structural parts, such as the centre wing box and the keel beam for the A350 XWB. The A350 XWB structure is 53 per cent composite-based, including major elements such as wings and fuselage.
The A350 XWB Family consists of three passenger versions with true long-range capability. In terms of capacity, the A350-800 will offer 270 seats; the A350-900 holds 314 seats while the A350-1000 will have 350 seats respectively. The Family concept allows airlines to best match their A350 XWB fleets to route capacity demands, guaranteeing optimum revenue potential. To date, 35 customers have ordered 567 A350 XWBs. Airbus forecasts a demand over the next 20 years for around 5,800 new twin-aisle mid-size passenger aircraft.
Link: http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/p...-xwb-centre-wing-box-to-airbus-in-st-nazaire/
Ultima modifica:
Thai Airways ordina 4 x A359XWB e conferma lease per altri otto
Come da titolo. Nuovo cliente!
Link: http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/p...es-new-customer-for-a350-xwb-and-a320-family/
Come da titolo. Nuovo cliente!
Link: http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/p...es-new-customer-for-a350-xwb-and-a320-family/
Oltre al wing box anche il keel beam pronto
Altro passo importante per il progetto:
Link: http://www.eads.com/eads/int/en/new...03e.4eb07896-3e59-4301-a243-e00d762cdb20.html
Altro passo importante per il progetto:
Airbus Nantes delivers the first A350 XWB keel beam to Airbus Saint-Nazaire
Photo release
Blagnac, 12 August 2011
After delivery of the first A350 XWB centre wing box to Airbus Saint-Nazaire on August 8th, Airbus Nantes has delivered the second major A350 XWB component manufactured on the site - the keel beam. The exceptional convoy, over 25 metres long, left the Nantes site for the Loire, to be loaded onto the barge that transported it to the Airbus Saint-Nazaire site.
The keel beam provides structural continuity to the fuselage at the landing gear compartment. The A350 XWB programme is the first programme in which the keel beam and the aft lower shell have been combined to form a single major component. This immense part, made out of 70% composites, is 16.5m long and 4.3m wide and weighs 1.2 tonnes. Its assembly in the Nantes factory required the use of 10,000 fasteners to join 2000 parts.
Link: http://www.eads.com/eads/int/en/new...03e.4eb07896-3e59-4301-a243-e00d762cdb20.html
L'A358XWB non è ancora morto
Anzi, Bangkok conferma il 2015 per la prima consegna, in diretto conflitto con quanto detto dalla Airbus stessa (che parla del 2016). Vediamo...
Link: http://www.flightglobal.com/article...ys-to-receive-its-first-a350-800-in-2015.html
Anzi, Bangkok conferma il 2015 per la prima consegna, in diretto conflitto con quanto detto dalla Airbus stessa (che parla del 2016). Vediamo...
Link: http://www.flightglobal.com/article...ys-to-receive-its-first-a350-800-in-2015.html
Sarà una sorta di spartizione del mercato per quanto riguarda il segmento 767/330, o Airbus ha intenzione di rinnovare o sostituire in 330 per competere anche in quel segmento com il 787?
Airbus, Goodrich and VSMPO-AVISMA reinforce their partnership on the A350 XWB program
Serve titanio? Lo si trova in Russia. Firmato contratto per la fornitura di titanio per i carrelli dell'A350-1000XWB:
Serve titanio? Lo si trova in Russia. Firmato contratto per la fornitura di titanio per i carrelli dell'A350-1000XWB:
Hawaiian conferma che scelta rimane sugli -800
DATE:19/08/11
SOURCE:Air Transport Intelligence news
Hawaiian remains committed to the A350-800
By Ghim-Lay Yeo
Hawaiian Airlines has reiterated its commitment to the Airbus A350-800 despite an increasing number of carriers switching to the larger -900 variant.
The airline's CEO Mark Dunkerley, while not ruling out the -900, said he believes the -800 better fits the carrier's needs.
"At the moment, that is certainly our belief," he said.
Hawaiian has six A350-800s on order, to be delivered from 2017.
Dunkerley noted that the question of switching to the -900s will be one that the airline will revisit from time to time but indicated that the matter is not a priority for the carrier right now. "We are open to assessing the -900s," said Dunkerley, adding that the issue is ultimately not "pressing".
Airbus has pushed entry into service for the -800 to mid-2016 from the second half of 2014 to focus its resources on the -900, which will make its first flight by year-end 2012.
The airframer has insisted it will build the -800, despite having a number of customers switching to the -900s and not having won any new orders for the -800 in the last three years.
DATE:19/08/11
SOURCE:Air Transport Intelligence news
Hawaiian remains committed to the A350-800
By Ghim-Lay Yeo
Hawaiian Airlines has reiterated its commitment to the Airbus A350-800 despite an increasing number of carriers switching to the larger -900 variant.
The airline's CEO Mark Dunkerley, while not ruling out the -900, said he believes the -800 better fits the carrier's needs.
"At the moment, that is certainly our belief," he said.
Hawaiian has six A350-800s on order, to be delivered from 2017.
Dunkerley noted that the question of switching to the -900s will be one that the airline will revisit from time to time but indicated that the matter is not a priority for the carrier right now. "We are open to assessing the -900s," said Dunkerley, adding that the issue is ultimately not "pressing".
Airbus has pushed entry into service for the -800 to mid-2016 from the second half of 2014 to focus its resources on the -900, which will make its first flight by year-end 2012.
The airframer has insisted it will build the -800, despite having a number of customers switching to the -900s and not having won any new orders for the -800 in the last three years.
Bangkok Airways sembra abbia cancellato l'ordine per i 350-800
DATE:06/09/11
SOURCE:Air Transport Intelligence news
Bangkok Airways appears to cancel A350-800 order
By David Kaminski-Morrow
Asian carrier Bangkok Airways appears to have cancelled its order for A350s, axing its deal for four -800 aircraft.
The erasure of the deal from Airbus's latest backlog figures is a further setback to the fortunes of the -800, which has experienced a shedding of orders by customers migrating to the larger -900.
Bangkok Airways was an early customer for the A350, reaching a deal for six of the type in 2005 before the twinjet was redesigned as the XWB.
It later ordered the XWB variant instead, the deal appearing on Airbus's books in December 2007 but only for four aircraft.
Airbus postponed development of the A350-800 earlier this year, setting back initial deliveries to mid-2016.
Bangkok Airways has not switched its order to the -900. The decision takes the -800's current backlog, to the end of August 2011, down to 131 aircraft.
DATE:06/09/11
SOURCE:Air Transport Intelligence news
Bangkok Airways appears to cancel A350-800 order
By David Kaminski-Morrow
Asian carrier Bangkok Airways appears to have cancelled its order for A350s, axing its deal for four -800 aircraft.
The erasure of the deal from Airbus's latest backlog figures is a further setback to the fortunes of the -800, which has experienced a shedding of orders by customers migrating to the larger -900.
Bangkok Airways was an early customer for the A350, reaching a deal for six of the type in 2005 before the twinjet was redesigned as the XWB.
It later ordered the XWB variant instead, the deal appearing on Airbus's books in December 2007 but only for four aircraft.
Airbus postponed development of the A350-800 earlier this year, setting back initial deliveries to mid-2016.
Bangkok Airways has not switched its order to the -900. The decision takes the -800's current backlog, to the end of August 2011, down to 131 aircraft.
A359 slitta al 2014
Airbus conferma che l'entrata in servizio dell'A350-900 slitta al primo semestre 2014 (da fine 2013). Anche l'inizion dell'assemblaggio dei primi esemplari slitta da fine 2011 al primo trimestre 2012.
Fonte: http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/airbus-a350-final-assembly-schedule-slips-to-2012-364547/
Airbus conferma che l'entrata in servizio dell'A350-900 slitta al primo semestre 2014 (da fine 2013). Anche l'inizion dell'assemblaggio dei primi esemplari slitta da fine 2011 al primo trimestre 2012.
Fonte: http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/airbus-a350-final-assembly-schedule-slips-to-2012-364547/
Sul sito Airbus è stato pubblicato un filmato promozionale della cabina. Al di là delle immagini, però, la cosa più interessante è che si parla di connessione wirless per pc e smartphone.
http://videos.airbus.com/video/iLyROoaf2C41.html
http://videos.airbus.com/video/iLyROoaf2C41.html
Delta offre il WiFi su tutta la sua flotta mainline, 744, 777 e 767-300ER esclusi, e pure sui DC-9-50 ed è iniziata anche sui CRJ-700.
Airbus: prima sezione di A350 a Tolosa
È giunta a Tolosa da Saint Nazaire la sezione anteriore del primo A350XWB. Lo annuncia Airbus. La sezione è destinata alla cellula per le prove statiche, il cui assemblaggio finale dovrebbe iniziare nel primo trimestre 2012. Il montaggio del primo A350XWB destinato alle prove di volo dovrebbe iniziare nel trimestre successivo. Airbus prevede l’entrata in servizio del bireattore nella prima metà del 2014, con un ritardo sui tempi inizialmente previsti che ha portato nell’ultima trimestrale ad un accantonamento di 200 milioni di euro.
È giunta a Tolosa da Saint Nazaire la sezione anteriore del primo A350XWB. Lo annuncia Airbus. La sezione è destinata alla cellula per le prove statiche, il cui assemblaggio finale dovrebbe iniziare nel primo trimestre 2012. Il montaggio del primo A350XWB destinato alle prove di volo dovrebbe iniziare nel trimestre successivo. Airbus prevede l’entrata in servizio del bireattore nella prima metà del 2014, con un ritardo sui tempi inizialmente previsti che ha portato nell’ultima trimestrale ad un accantonamento di 200 milioni di euro.
6 ordini di A350-900 per ChatayPacific
http://downloads.cathaypacific.com/...t/20120120_CX_Discloseable_Transaction_en.pdf
http://downloads.cathaypacific.com/...t/20120120_CX_Discloseable_Transaction_en.pdf
Airbus A350 XWB landing gear test bench ready for service
The A350 XWB’s main and nose landing gear test bench is ready for service at Airbus’ site in Filton, UK. This latest step in the A350 XWB’s progress is achieved more than one year before the aircraft’s first flight and two years before its entry into service.
Extensive testing campaigns are being carried out for all A350 XWBs systems and components well ahead of first flight. This will ensure the aircraft has a high level of performance, reliability and maturity built-in from day one.
The defining characteristics of the A350 XWB landing gear are simplicity and robustness with particular attention paid to corrosion prevention. These factors will bring a significant contribution to the A350 XWB’s high operational reliability and lower maintenance costs.
fonte: EADS
The A350 XWB’s main and nose landing gear test bench is ready for service at Airbus’ site in Filton, UK. This latest step in the A350 XWB’s progress is achieved more than one year before the aircraft’s first flight and two years before its entry into service.
Extensive testing campaigns are being carried out for all A350 XWBs systems and components well ahead of first flight. This will ensure the aircraft has a high level of performance, reliability and maturity built-in from day one.
The defining characteristics of the A350 XWB landing gear are simplicity and robustness with particular attention paid to corrosion prevention. These factors will bring a significant contribution to the A350 XWB’s high operational reliability and lower maintenance costs.
fonte: EADS
