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It was also used for service to London and New York City, but was later replaced by the A350-900. They are sometimes deployed in Asian and Australian routes as well if the demand needs it. [42] In 2009, the airline leased two Boeing 777-300ER to replace the former flagship Boeing 747-400 from GECAS. [43]
For the updated A350 XWB, GE offered a 87,000 lbf (390 kN) GEnx-3A87 for the A350-800/900, but not a higher thrust version needed for the A350-1000, which competes with the longer range 777 powered exclusively with the GE90-115B. In December 2006, Rolls-Royce was selected for the A350 XWB launch engine.
Japan Airlines is giving travelers a sneak peek of its high-tech new Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, which will enter into service later this year. Japan Airlines unveils high-tech interiors of new ...
A second aircraft, an Airbus A330-300 (B-HLU), was painted in the Oneworld livery from September 2009, until it was repainted into the revised Cathay Pacific livery in June 2023, while a Boeing 777-300ER (B-KPL) was painted and delivered in the Oneworld livery on 17 October 2009, until it was repainted into the revised Cathay Pacific livery in ...
It is confirmed through manufacturer order records that the split will consist of 39 A350-900s and 11 A350-1000s. [9] Preliminary delivery data suggests that KLM will take up all of the group's ordered -1000 variant aircraft and at least 11 of the -900 variant, leaving at most 28 -900 variant aircraft for Air France. [10] Airbus A350-1000 ...
In 2011, Boeing refined its response to the revamped Airbus A350 XWB with three 777X models, targeting a firm configuration in 2015, flying in late 2017 or 2018, and entering service by 2019. The then-proposed, 407–passenger 777-9X stretched the 777-300ER by four frames to 250 ft 11 in (76.48 m) in length, for a 759,000 lb (344 t) maximum ...
Turkish Airlines received its 400th aircraft, an Airbus A350-900, in February 2023. [125] In May, chairman Ahmet Bolat revealed that the airline was closing in on ordering 600 new aircraft from both Boeing and Airbus, which would be the largest ever if confirmed. 400 of these aircraft would be narrow-body while the other 200 would be wide.
Although the airline had initially planned to buy Airbus' A350-1000 jets, it switched to the 777X as it is more suitable for operations at their high-altitude hub in Addis Ababa. [51] It was the first airline in Africa to acquire a Boeing 787 full-flight simulator. [52] The airline received its first Airbus A350 XWB in June 2016 (). [53]