A350 Deliveries and Routes

[SQKevin]

Did some further reading up. Station 30 takes about a month to complete, so Msn 26 should exit Station 30 and enter Station 18 by mid-July. It's the outdoor testing at Station 18 that takes a few months to complete. So painting in either September of October seems like a reasonable guess. From the time it exits the paint shop till delivery, it takes about 3 months as engine & APU installation together with test flights still needs to take place. Going by this timeframe, Msn 26 should be delivered in January or February 2016.

[SQKevin]

Msn 26, 30 & 31 will be registered as 9V-SUA, 9V-SUB & 9V-SUC, respectively. Source: A350 XWB Production Website

[jaywell]

Msn 26, 30 & 31 will be registered as 9V-SUA, 9V-SUB & 9V-SUC, respectively. Source: A350 XWB Production Website

Do you mind posting the URL to the production website? The one I use seems pretty inaccurate.

[SQKevin]

Do you mind posting the URL to the production website? The one I use seems pretty inaccurate.

A350 XWB Production Website: https://sites.google.com/site/a350xw...roduction-list

[FSJZ]

Msn 26, 30 & 31 will be registered as 9V-SUA, 9V-SUB & 9V-SUC, respectively. Source: A350 XWB Production Website

Sua nice

[nykelaz]

Will there be SUX?

[SQ228]

Will there be SUX?

I'd say definitely not.

Not for reasons of "unintended meaning" but because SQ does not use the letter X in any of its registrations. (STX, SWX both skipped.)

[jaywell]

Is SQ allowed to convert part of the existing 70 A359's on firm order to the A35J? From what I read, they only can convert the 20 options to the A35J. Isn't 70 A359's too much aircraft of the same size/capacity especially with another 30 78J's on order?

[Jumbojet Lover]

Is SQ allowed to convert part of the existing 70 A359's on firm order to the A35J? From what I read, they only can convert the 20 options to the A35J. Isn't 70 A359's too much aircraft of the same size/capacity especially with another 30 78J's on order?

Similar size but different range. Off the top of my head the 787-10 has a shorter range than the A350 and would likely be used regionally, like the non-ER 777-300.

[viraj735]

I wonder how this will play out, TR uses TA* registered aircraft.

Under the Prohibited Registration Marks in the CAAS Registration Marks Allocation Guidelines

3.1 The following registration marks must not be reserved for, or assigned to, an aircraft:

d) a mark with vowel in the middle character, to avoid meaningful 3-letter word combinations;

http://www.caas.gov.sg/caasWeb2010/e...es_Website.pdf

[Metropolitan Airlines]

I wonder how this will play out, TR uses TA* registered aircraft.

Under the Prohibited Registration Marks in the CAAS Registration Marks Allocation Guidelines



http://www.caas.gov.sg/caasWeb2010/e...es_Website.pdf

Also what if SQ uses SU* for A350s, where U is a vowel.

[SQ380]

Well, I suppose no one bothered to read the CAAS guidelines! Whoever was tasked to ensure compliance with CAAS guidelines should be now held to task....

[jaywell]

I was hoping SQ would reuse the 9V-SJ* series. Brings back great memories of the old A340's. SQ does recycle regs, I believe the 9V-ST* series were originally used for the A300's and A310's and are now on the A330's.

[SQ228]

I was hoping SQ would reuse the 9V-SJ* series. Brings back great memories of the old A340's. SQ does recycle regs, I believe the 9V-ST* series were originally used for the A300's and A310's and are now on the A330's.

Correct. Both the SK* series and SQ* series were previously 747s.

[SQGamespeed]

Correct. Both the SK* series and SQ* series were previously 747s.

Specifically, they were used for 747-300s and -200s (I think), respectively.