Airbus's rival to Boeing's problem-stricken Dreamliner jet completes its maiden flight without a hitch
-The high tech A350 is Airbus's first all-new plane in eight years
-It completed a four-hour test flight from Airbus's plant in Toulouse, France
-The ultra modern jet uses carbon composites and fly-by-wire technology
-Airbus plans to offer three variants to rival Boeing's 777 and 787
-They ditched problematic lithium batteries following Dreamliner debacle

Airbus's new A350 passenger jet, a rival to Boeing's problematic 787 Dreamliner, has completed its maiden flight without a hitch.

Watched by more than 10,000 staff and spectators, the aircraft's curled wingtips sliced into clouds above the Airbus factory in southwestern France and flew over the Pyrenees mountains, with a crew of six wearing orange jumpsuits and parachutes.

The flight, with two former fighter pilots at the controls, lasted about four hours and capped eight years of development estimated to have cost $15 billion.

French co-pilot Guy Magrin took the controls for the take-off at 10:01 local time (0801 GMT), giving the plane air under its wings for the first time in front of a podium of airline chiefs who have ordered 613 aircraft.
It touched down at 14:05 local time, after flying past the Toulouse production site.

'It is a great day for Airbus. A maiden flight doesn't happen that often. It is not like the auto industry, where you launch a new model every two years or even less,' said Tom Enders, the head of Airbus parent EADS.


Airbus is finalising orders from Singapore Airlines , Kuwait Airways and Air France and may add a new customer at the June 17-23 show, analysts say.

Evrard said that Airbus would soon add a customer in the United States, where industry sources say that United Airlines is negotiating to upgrade and expand an existing order to 35 jets.

Airbus initially dismissed the threat posed by the new generation of mid-sized aircraft as it focused on building the world's largest airliner, the A380 superjumbo.

But faced with burgeoning Dreamliner sales, it changed tack and overhauled the design of the A350 by adopting similar composites technology in 2006.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2341595/Airbus-A350-Airbuss-rival-Boeings-problem-stricken-Dreamliner-jet-takes-maiden-flight-hitch.html


Where are the Americans and their Dreamliners?

The Dreamliner is still the aircraft to beat, when it comes to efficient, point-to-point air travel.

CFCfan: The Dreamliner is still the aircraft to beat, when it comes to efficient, point-to-point air travel.

Have they solved their battery wahala, me I am running away from that plane o, will rather the A380 or A340 for now.

Don't have time to open the link.
Airbus is the plane to beat.
Dreamliner need to step up their game.
France 1-america 0

hercules07:

Have they solved their battery wahala, me I am running away from that plane o, will rather the A380 or A340 for now.

You are right jare.
America don miss road

pistol: Don't have time to open the link.
Airbus is the plane to beat.
Dreamliner need to step up their game.
France 1-america 0

Europe 1 - America 0

Ola one:
Europe 1 - America 0

The battery issue has been solved. Last month, the U.S. FAA certified the plane as fit for commercial operations.

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Imagine. This charred battery belongs to America's Dreamliner. Talk about getting it wrong.

The A350 is selling quite fast, over 600 orders is very impressive. But, still, the Dreamliner is more fuel efficient.

Amazing.











America, eat your heart out

The Dreamliner has over 800 orders

CFCfan: The Dreamliner has over 800 orders

Yeah but many want their orders cancelled now.

Ola one:
Yeah but many want their orders cancelled now.

The customers will come back

CFCfan:

The customers will come back

Why come back when they have a better option in A350?

Wow!!! I love all the feautures including the wider fuselage.

Ola one: Airbus's rival to Boeing's problem-stricken Dreamliner jet completes its maiden flight without a hitch
-The high tech A350 is Airbus's first all-new plane in eight years
-It completed a four-hour test flight from Airbus's plant in Toulouse, France
-The ultra modern jet uses carbon composites and fly-by-wire technology
-Airbus plans to offer three variants to rival Boeing's 777 and 787
-They ditched problematic lithium batteries following Dreamliner debacle

Airbus's new A350 passenger jet, a rival to Boeing's problematic 787 Dreamliner, has completed its maiden flight without a hitch.

Watched by more than 10,000 staff and spectators, the aircraft's curled wingtips sliced into clouds above the Airbus factory in southwestern France and flew over the Pyrenees mountains, with a crew of six wearing orange jumpsuits and parachutes.

The flight, with two former fighter pilots at the controls, lasted about four hours and capped eight years of development estimated to have cost $15 billion.

French co-pilot Guy Magrin took the controls for the take-off at 10:01 local time (0801 GMT), giving the plane air under its wings for the first time in front of a podium of airline chiefs who have ordered 613 aircraft.
It touched down at 14:05 local time, after flying past the Toulouse production site.

'It is a great day for Airbus. A maiden flight doesn't happen that often. It is not like the auto industry, where you launch a new model every two years or even less,' said Tom Enders, the head of Airbus parent EADS.


Airbus is finalising orders from Singapore Airlines , Kuwait Airways and Air France and may add a new customer at the June 17-23 show, analysts say.

Evrard said that Airbus would soon add a customer in the United States, where industry sources say that United Airlines is negotiating to upgrade and expand an existing order to 35 jets.

Airbus initially dismissed the threat posed by the new generation of mid-sized aircraft as it focused on building the world's largest airliner, the A380 superjumbo.

But faced with burgeoning Dreamliner sales, it changed tack and overhauled the design of the A350 by adopting similar composites technology in 2006.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2341595/Airbus-A350-Airbuss-rival-Boeings-problem-stricken-Dreamliner-jet-takes-maiden-flight-hitch.html


Where are the Americans and their Dreamliners?

Hmmm,me like A332 and B737-800 than A380 and A350 becos if 2 of these should crash oh boy na decrease in world population by dat ooo...

No news in ds arena . Am out

Story story, story. That one no affect the ban on keke and okada in lagos and benin. Gbam!

I love airplanes.......... dreamliner,airbus, even hunting and fumigation planes. lol

Nice plane. Going to purchase mine right-away

Fly by wire that means hackers can hack in to the system and hijack the plane from their living room

pistol: Don't have time to open the link.
Airbus is the plane to beat.
Dreamliner need to step up their game.
France 1-america 0

Airbus is not owned by France

It belongs to Europe.
I have been to their plant in Hamburg Germany.

They just assemble in France

ZUBY77:

Airbus is not owned by France

It belongs to Europe.
I have been to their plant in Hamburg Germany.

They just assemble in France

Engine from Rolls Royce, UK

Iko5000: Fly by wire that means hackers can hack in to the system and hijack the plane from their living room

we wey never c plane go climb Macarpolo fr road kon enter SHIP as all night flight.

good

i think America is a point behind them

All Boeing needs to do is to get things right and restore investors' confidence. The Dreamliner is more efficient than the A350. The A350 uses the conventional method of bleeding air from one of the compressor stages to maintain cabin pressure and this reduces the efficiency of the engine. Whereas the Dreamliner has a separate compressor unit powered by the problematic Lithium batteries for cabin pressure.

They both are made mainly of carbon composite which gives a lighter weight but investors would still prefer a more efficient aircraft. The concern even if Boeing gets it right, in my opinion might be the additional cost of maintaining the compressor-battery system over the life of the aircraft.

Europe is the mecca for the best airliners and you can't go wrong with RR engine.

Anyway, my dream is to fly in the A380 superjumbo!!!

I missed concorde, but defo won't miss this one - God willing.



Btw, has anyone even been in a Russian airliner? And what's the experience like?