Airbus A350 XWB Makes Its First Flight

AerospacePosted 10/23/202610/23/2026 at 7:04 am@BuildDesk

Starts 06/14/2013 8:00AM UTC

Aéroport de Toulouse-Blagnac, Avenue du Parc, Cantegril, Blagnac, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France métropolitaine, 31700, France

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Estimate from the variant's published specs, 0-5; scores are only comparable within one criteria year. A350-900 (Trent XWB-84, weight variants to 283 t). Range 5: Airbus page 8,600 nm (15,750 km). Capacity 4: Airbus typical two-class 315 seats (48 BC/267 EC) per airport-planning manual (AC). Efficiency 4.5: operators publish about 2.5 L per passenger per 100 km for the A350 (Lufthansa A350 page; Edelweiss A350-900 page 2.5 L/100 PAX-km); this is per passenger, not per seat, so treat as approximate. Speed 4: cruise Mach 0.85. Runway 2.5: read from graph, AC fig. 3-3-0 A350-900 ISA sea level, MTOW (about 280 t) reached at about 2,850 m (9,350 ft). Comfort 4: five independent accounts report a notably quiet cabin and benign handling; max cabin width 5.71 m.

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skiesmag.com/?p=11128
skiesmag.com· Posted Oct 23, 2026· Starts Jun 14, 2013 ✓· Ends Jun 14, 2013 ✓· 48% of score
Airbus^[2][3]: the A350 XWB "powered aloft this morning for its maiden flight at Blagnac in Toulouse, France at 10.00 hours local time" and landed at 14.05 local after 4 hours 5 minutes on Friday 14 June 2013.
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A350-900 | Airbus
aircraft.airbus.com· Added Oct 23, 2026· 48% of score
Airbus^[3] A350-900 key figures: dimensions, range, cruise Mach and weights.
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A350 Aircraft Characteristics - Airport and Maintenance Planning (Airbus, Dec 2024)
aircraft.airbus.com· Published Dec 1, 2024· 3% of score
Airbus^[2] airport-planning manual: seating, fuel capacity, engines and weights for the A350-900.
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A350 completes 4h maiden flight
flightglobal.com· Published Jun 14, 2013· Starts Jun 14, 2013· 0% of score
FlightGlobal (David Kaminski-Morrow, 14 June 2013): the prototype A350-900 completed its maiden flight after a sortie of just over 4h.
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First A350 XWB takes to the skies on its maiden flight
airframer.com· Published Jun 14, 2013· Starts Jun 14, 2013· 0% of score
Airbus^[2][3] release issued at take-off: 10.00 local, crew of six, 2,500-hour campaign, entry into service H2 2014 with Qatar Airways.

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