{"id":70348,"date":"2024-09-25T19:13:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T13:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=70348"},"modified":"2024-09-26T10:57:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T05:27:16","slug":"emirates-airbus-a350-made-first-test-flight-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/25\/emirates-airbus-a350-made-first-test-flight-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Emirates New Airbus A350 Made its First Test Flight | Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TOULOUSE-<\/strong> Flag carrier of UAE, Emirates Airlines (EK)<\/a>, the first Airbus A350 operated its maiden test flight today at Toulouse International Airport (TLS), the home of Airbus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aircraft is registered as F-WZGA, a temporary registration for the first A350-900 bound for Emirates. The actual registration is A6-EXA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emirates Airlines A350 | Photo: Eurospot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Emirates A350 Test Flight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to Flight Radar 24 data, the Emirates A350 took off from Toulouse for the first time at 9:27 AM UTC. The aircraft landed safely after being airborne for almost four hours at 1:22 PM UTC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aircraft was scheduled to enter into service (EIS) this month (September 2024), however, there is a high possibility that delivery delays are attributed to interior and other spares, the aircraft will operate its first commercial flight on November 4, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, Emirates will take delivery of A350 next month (actually in a few days). Apart from this, the airline is set to receive five more A350-900s by the end of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emirates A350s will have 312 seats. The Economy class will accommodate 259 passengers, the premium economy will offer 21 seats, and business class will provide 32 seats<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ultra-long-haul twin-engine aircraft will initially operate medium-haul routes from Dubai (DXB)<\/a> to destinations such as Edinburgh (EDI), Bahrain (BAH), Kuwait (KWI), Mumbai (BOM), Colombo (CMB), and Lyon (LYN).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emirates has 65 A350-900 aircraft on order worth $24 Billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Emirates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First A350 Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to aviation.flights site, which tracks the new aircraft revealed that EK’s first A350 was spotted in primer, the layer before the paint on March 27, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further, on May 07, 2024, the aircraft is spotted in its full livery without engines. Recently, on Aug 24, 2024, the aircraft was fitted with two Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 engines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On September 12, 2024, the aircraft made its first engine run test and also the taxi check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First Airbus A350-900 for Emirates and smoking Rejected take off. Now ready for 1st flight. #Emirates<\/a> #EmiratesA350<\/a> #airbus<\/a> #A350<\/a> #avgeek<\/a> #aviationdaily<\/a> #planespotting<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/LZ2IkrALHC<\/a><\/p>— Eurospot (@cliper31) September 24, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>