A350 Deliveries and Routes

[feb01mel]

Will SQ 328/327 to MUC turn 350 as well soon?

Will SQ 328/327 to MUC turn 350 as well soon ? As I noticed commercial fares on first class is "not available" for sale.

[SQ228]

Will SQ 328/327 to MUC turn 350 as well soon ? As I noticed commercial fares on first class is "not available" for sale.

There have been rumours, definitely. In the short term though, they can't keep turning 77W routes A350 unless they find more routes for the 77Ws. Meanwhile, old 772s still fly to Europe.

There was a rumour that MAN/IAH would go 77W and swap its A350s over to MUC. I wonder though if that would just be to serve the needs of one of the members of this forum...

[9V-SPL]

9V-SMM (SQ #13) has been moved to the Delivery Centre and is currently on its CAF.

[SQKevin]

9V-SMM on her CAF yesterday. She is on track for delivery early next week or possibly even this weekend.

[SQA350]

Airbus A350 going to India later this year.

http://www.thehindu.com/business/Ind...le18113678.ece

[SQKevin]

9V-SMM has completed her 2nd CAF. It took just a short 32 minutes. Very unusual for a CAF as well as for SQ's A350s as from 9V-SMH onwards, all our A350s have had only one CAF before delivery. Perhaps it has to do with the recent technical issues with SMH, SMJ and SML.

[SQ228]

9V-SMM has completed her 2nd CAF. It took just a short 32 minutes. Very unusual for a CAF as well as for SQ's A350s as from 9V-SMH onwards, all our A350s have had only one CAF before delivery. Perhaps it has to do with the recent technical issues with SMH, SMJ and SML.

Yes, one could imagine a fairly terse conversation taking place in Toulouse right now, especially over SMJ and SML.

[SQKevin]

9V-SMO has rolled out from Cabin Fit. Engine run and First Flight will take place in the next 2 weeks. We should see 3 Deliveries in May, SMM, SMN and SMO, in that order.

[9V-SPL]

9V-SMM is being delivered tomorrow (30APR17) apparently. SQ8895 with a STA of 0915.

[SQKevin]

9V-SMM is being delivered tomorrow (30APR17) apparently. SQ8895 with a STA of 0915.

Thanks for the update, 9V-SPL. That's an interesting development considering that she has not appeared with her Final Registration on Flightradar24.

[9V-SPL]

Delivery flight delayed/postponed.

[SQKevin]

Delivery flight delayed/postponed.

Delivery won't take place today either as it's the Labour Day holidays in France with no activity taking place at the Airbus Factory in Toulouse. We could see some development tomorrow.

[SQKevin]

9V-SMM has completed another test fight/3rd CAF from the Delivery Centre. Very unusual for a SQ frame. Delivery usually takes place after just 1 CAF. The guys at SQ appear to have some issues with the A350 delaying the delivering of SMM yet again. Can't help linking it to the recent technical issues with SMH, SMJ & SML.

Only SMA, SMD and SMG have done 5 test flights before delivery. Hopefully, this will be the last test flight for SMM before she is delivered.

[SQKevin]

9V-SMM has performed a 6th Test Flight with no sign of a delivery date in sight. It appears that this aircraft is really facing some issues.

[SQ228]

9V-SMM has performed a 6th Test Flight with no sign of a delivery date in sight. It appears that this aircraft is really facing some issues.

As being discussed in the delays thread, it's not the only one to be having issues. The newer ones seem to be having more issues than the first 5 or so to arrive, although that's an observation made with a small sample size.