Airbus A350 XWB Test Fleet Now Complete

[HD video below] With the first flight last week of Airbus A350 MSN005, the five-strong development fleet is now complete.

Being the second passenger cabin-equipped A350 and tasked with route proving and ETOPS validation, MSN005 embodies the operationally definitive configuration for Type Certification duties.

This milestone means that the A350 XWB development programme is at full speed and on track for certification in the third quarter of this year, to be followed thereafter by delivery of the first customer aircraft to Qatar Airways in the fourth quarter.

The A350 XWB programme has already achieved more than 2,000 flight-test hours in around 500 flights, and with this the programme is demonstrating the highest flying rate ever achieved in Airbus flight tests, with around 80 flight hours per aircraft per month.

Airbus A350-900 XWB Flying Display Practice at Singapore Airshow 2014 - HD

Very First Airbus A350 XWB Flying Display at an airshow Anywhere in the world took place 11 February at the Singapore Airshow 2014

Exclusive Airbus A350 XWB Interview at Singapore Airshow 2014

Exclusive HD video interview about the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB Engine which powers the elegant, and supremely quiet, Airbus A350-900 XWB. The interview, which took place at the Singapore Airshow 2014 on 11 February, is with Richard Hedges, Director Communications Civil Aerospace for Rolls-Royce.