Airbus confirms 22-Dec-2014 first delivery for A350
Airbus confirmed (19-Dec-2014) it plans to hand over the first A350 XWB to Qatar Airways on 22-Dec-2014. At the end of Nov-2014, the A350 XWB had logged 778 firm orders from 41 customers worldwide. To meet this demand, Airbus is ramping up production progressively to reach the planned rate of 10 aircraft per month by 2018. [more - original PR]