Airbus CEO A350 program remains challenging

Airbus CEO: A350 program remains challenging By

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Airbus A350 XWB rollout. Courtesy, Airbus/H. Gousse

The Airbus A350 XWB program—which is on-target for first flight by

mid-year—remains a challenge. Entry into service is expected in the second half of 2014.

Airbus currently holds 582 firm orders for the type.

Airbus president and CEO Fabrice Brégier told ATW last week on the sidelines of the Airbus results press conference that he is “confident of what we have done so far. We bring more maturity for the A350.”

The next-generation aircraft was originally slated for entry into service in

mid-2013.

In November 2011, Airbus pushed back entry into service of its A350-900 aircraft by six months to the “first half of 2014” due to the late availability of some key parts.

Last July, Airbus pushed back entry into service until the 2014 second half “due to the time taken for the implementation of the automated drilling process for the wings.”

Last month, Airbus completed the main structural assembly and system connection of the A350 XWB first flyable aircraft.

Brégier said so far the tests of all A350 systems in the last year have looked good, “however, this program remains very challenging.” He said Air bus has fixed all the problems identified in the past. “What I don’t know [is if we will] face another one [problem]. That’s why we are going through an 18-month testing phase,” he said. The A350 also uses lithium batteries, but Airbus said the manufacturing and design of such batteries can vary from brand to brand. Regarding the Boeing 787

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if it has an impact on our system,” he said.

空客CEO：A350计划仍然充满挑战

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空中客车A350 XWB宽体飞机的部署。礼貌，空中客车公司/ H古塞

空中客车A350 XWB宽体飞机计划，这是第一次飞行的目标今年年中仍然是一个挑战。预计在2014年下半年投入运营。

空中客车公司目前拥有582个公司订单的类型。

空中客车公司总裁兼首席执行官法布里Brégier告诉ATW上周在场边的空中客车结果的新闻发布会上说，他是“有信心，我们有什么这样做。我们带来了更加成熟的A350。“

下一代飞机原计划在2013年中期进入服务。

2011年11月，空中客车公司推回服务的A350-900型飞机进入了六个月的“2014年上半年”由于后期提供的一些关键部分。

去年七月，空客推后进入服役，直到2014年下半年“的实施为两翼的自动化钻井过程中所花费的时间。”

上个月，空中客车公司的A350 XWB宽体飞机可飞的飞机的主要结构组件和系统连接完成。Brégier说，到目前为止的测试的A350系统在过去的一年，看起来很不错，“不过，这个方案仍然是非常具有挑战性的。”他说，空中客车公司已经修复了所有发现的问题，在过去。“我

“他不知道[如果我们将面临着另一个问题]。这就是为什么我们正在经历18个月的测试阶段，说。

A350还使用锂电池，但空中客车公司表示，这种电池的制造和设计不同品牌，以品牌。关于波音787飞机接地，Brégier说，从美国联邦航空局和国家运输安全委员会的调查会有一个明确的结果。“我们将看着它，看它是否在我们的系统中有一定的影响，”他说。