Assembly of MSN5, the fifth and final member of the A350 XWB flight test fleet is now underway with the fuselage joining process. This follows the recent arrival of the three fuselage sections at the ...

Airbus has just pioneered biomimicry in aviation with its Fello’fly project, which draws inspiration from migrating geese in ...

The Airbus A350 XWB, has just wrapped up its successful African debut, leaving at Johannesburg's O.R. Tambo International Airport this morning on its next test flight to Sydney, Australia. The ...

Airbus is flight-testing an A350 XWB design-standard fuselage panel made from carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP). The 15m² structure (pictured) is fitted in place of an existing A340 aluminium ...

On June 13th, 2025, it was reported that Airbus would begin flight tests for the next two variants of its best-selling wide-body jet, the Airbus A350. The next two variants of the Airbus A350 to enter ...

The A350 XWB test aircraft, MSN3, was flown by Frank Chapman and Thierry Bourges, Airbus Test Pilots. Accompanying them in the cockpit was Gérard Maisonneuve, Test Flight Engineer, while three Flight ...

Airbus is testing technological support tools aimed at enabling automatic taxiing, by modifying an electric vehicle to serve as an A350 cockpit. The project – known as Optimate – is being undertaken ...

Built to be interchangeable for pilots, but the duo does differ.