Airbus A350 XWB
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A350 XWB | |
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An A350-900 of launch customer Qatar Airways landing at Frankfurt Airport in July 2015 | |
Role | Wide-body jet airliner |
National origin | Multi-national[1] |
Manufacturer | Airbus |
First flight | 14 June 2013[2] |
Introduction | 15 January 2015 with Qatar Airways(-900)[3] |
Status | In service |
Primary users |
Qatar Airways Vietnam Airlines Finnair TAM Airlines |
Produced | 2010–present[4] |
Number built | 15 as of December 2015[5][6][7] |
Unit cost | A350-800: US$272.4 million[8] A350-900: US$308.1M[8] A350-1000: US$355.7M[8] |
The Airbus A350 XWB is a family of long-range, twin-engine wide-bodyjet airliners developed by European aircraft manufacturer Airbus. The A350 is the first Airbus with both fuselage and wing structures made primarily of carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer.[9] Its variants seat 280 to 366 passengers in typical three-class seating