A350 Deliveries and Routes

[SQKevin]

9V-SMS has arrived back in Toulouse after being painted in XFW.





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[SQKevin]

9V-SMS (SQ#19) is now fully painted and is currently on her flight back to Toulouse from XFW. It is also her third Test Flight.

[djsflynn]

Accordingly to a Straitstime interview with SIA CEO after the financial results presentation, there will be new regional product for both A350 n b787-10

New regional J for 787-10 already confirmed and outed (https://www.ausbt.com.au/here-is-sin...ess-class-seat), with a sub-fleet of the A359s to have regional J to follow. In the case of SIN-AU flights for example we'll eventually see the A380 and 777W as flagships and then A350s replace A330s and Boeing 787-10s replace any Boeing 777-200 stragglers.

[9V-JKL]

https://www.ausbt.com.au/singapore-a...business-class

ULR J seats to be confirmed....

[SQfanatic]

Accordingly to a Straitstime interview with SIA CEO after the financial results presentation, there will be new regional product for both A350 n b787-10

I read about this as well, so it still points a sign regional 350's could still be there.

[sbs2716g]

Nope. I meant SMU.
Regional A359 may not happen.....

Accordingly to a Straitstime interview with SIA CEO after the financial results presentation, there will be new regional product for both A350 n b787-10

[sbs2716g]

Accordingly to a straitstime interview with the SIA CEO after the financial results presentation , there will be a launch of new regional business class in the coming months n it will be in both 787-10 n A350.

[SQfanatic]

Nope. I meant SMU.
Regional A359 may not happen.....

Ok so that would be 21 long haul A350's then. Beyond that, we'll see. I am guessing this because there's an article on the other thread of the mention of Recaro seats on the 787-10 and the A350's so it is a *possible* sign we can still have a regional version of the 350.

[9V-JKL]

You mean SMT right? SMT is the 20th 350 since we have SMC and SMO. Would SMU be the regional 350? I thought they'd start off with a different series

Nope. I meant SMU.
Regional A359 may not happen.....

[SQfanatic]

In the unofficial A350 production list, after SMU, the next 7 SQ birds are all ULR versions.
And they span 7 of the 29 frames Airbus will build in that time. (assuming they're all built in sequence)
Assuming they build 13 planes a month as planned, that's just about 2.5 months to deliver all 7.
That would be really something

It also list Oct '18 as 1st ULR delivery

You mean SMT right? SMT is the 20th 350 since we have SMC and SMO. Would SMU be the regional 350? I thought they'd start off with a different series

[SQ228]

SMU is currently in Station 30 of the FAL and will emerge fully assembled sometime this month or next. She still has to undergo cabin & engine fitting and Painting, which will take a month and a half, before she goes into pre-flight and flight testing. She is expected to be delivered in March 2018.

We can probably expect an announcement about a new A350 route beginning by April then.

[SQKevin]

The way you're saying it so far, SMS could be delivered by the end of this month and SMT by the end of December. That would then conclude 20 longhaul A350's. I wonder when the 359ULR deliveries will begin.

Both SMS and SMT are currently in the Paint Hanger. SMS in XFW and SMT in Toulouse. Both frames are expected to emerge from the Paint Hanger next week or the following week. SMS will have completed 3 Test Flights by the time she returns to Toulouse making a Delivery at the end of November a real possibility. SMT, on the other, needs to complete the entire pre-first flight and flight testing procedure. This will make her a late December Delivery.

SMU is currently in Station 30 of the FAL and will emerge fully assembled sometime this month or next. She still has to undergo cabin & engine fitting and Painting, which will take a month and a half, before she goes into pre-flight and flight testing. She is expected to be delivered in March 2018.

[9V-JKL]

In the unofficial A350 production list, after SMU, the next 7 SQ birds are all ULR versions.
And they span 7 of the 29 frames Airbus will build in that time. (assuming they're all built in sequence)
Assuming they build 13 planes a month as planned, that's just about 2.5 months to deliver all 7.
That would be really something

It also list Oct '18 as 1st ULR delivery

[SQfanatic]

9V-SMT (#20) being towed to cabin fit earlier this month.


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The way you're saying it so far, SMS could be delivered by the end of this month and SMT by the end of December. That would then conclude 20 longhaul A350's. I wonder when the 359ULR deliveries will begin.

[SQKevin]

9V-SMS (#19) completed her First Flight yesterday, just 10 days after rolling out onto the Flight Line. I can't recall another SQ frame completing her First Flight so soon after Roll Out. SMS is also the first SQ A359 frame without the SQ logo on the tail before painting. Talk is that she will be flown to XFW to be painted, also a first for a SQ frame. At the rate she is moving along the production line, 9V-SMS could be delivered at the end of November. 9V-SMT (#20) is expected to be rolled out onto the Flight Line sometime next month.




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9V-SMS has arrived at XFW for painting. She should be there for 2 weeks before she is flown back to Toulouse for further Flight Testing & Delivery.