01 December 2015

And the 1st 10-abreast A350 goes to … Air Caraïbes.


Airbus confirmed at the Dubai Air Show that it has a customer for the “Budget Economy” product on its A350XWB aircraft.

Source: Airbus
 

That means 10-across seating will be flying on the A350 a couple years hence.

 

Mark Pearman-Wright, Head of Corporate & Investor Marketing Customer Affairs, confirmed in an interview at the show that a European leisure-market carrier has ordered the dense layout for its pending orders.

 

Based on a review of the open order book this almost certainly indicates that Air Caraïbes will be that customer.

 

Air Caraïbes has 6 A350s on order with deliveries initially expected for 2016 but more likely 2017.

 

The French airline currently flies A330s in a 9-abreast layout; going 10-across on the A350 is not too surprising in that context.

 

The confirmation means that the A350 will see a budget economy layout before the A380 will, despite much noise around the potential for 11-abreast on the larger aircraft.

 

Based on the article “Air Caraibes to be First 10-abreast A350 Customer” published in Wandering Aramean Blog.

6 comments:

  1. How many seats will that make for the aircraft?

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  2. A350-900 and A350-1000 with 387 and 439 seats in “eco-efficient leisure cabin

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  3. .Means sardine tin! Cram them in,it would suit Ryanair.
    JC

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  4. .Means sardine tin! Cram them in,it would suit Ryanair.
    JC

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  5. I think I am watching on flightradar24 a Vietnam Airlines A350 (A889) on delivery flight. It is over Italy, a long way for a test flight!

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