EASA Certifies the Airbus A350-900

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Starts 09/30/2014 - All day

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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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easa.europa.eu/en/newsroom-and-events/press-releases/airbus-a350-900-easa-certified
easa.europa.eu· Posted Oct 23, 2026· Starts Sep 30, 2014 ✓· 48% of score
Airbus^[2][3]: the A350-900 "has received Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on 30th September 2014"; AIN and EASA both dated their reports 30 September 2014.
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A350-900 | Airbus
aircraft.airbus.com· Added Oct 23, 2026· 48% of score
Airbus^[3] A350-900 key figures: dimensions, cruise Mach, 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] manual: A350-900 weight variants, seating, engines.
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Airbus A350-900 receives FAA Type Certification
web.archive.org· Published Nov 13, 2014· Starts Nov 12, 2014· 0% of score
Airbus^[2][3] release, archived: FAA certification on 12 November 2014 at FAA headquarters, following EASA's 30 September award.
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Airbus A350-900 receives EASA Type Certification
web.archive.org· Published Sep 30, 2014· Starts Sep 30, 2014· 0% of score
Airbus^[2][3] release, archived: certificate signed by Patrick Ky, 5 test aircraft, 2,600+ hours, delivery to Qatar before year-end.

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