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Feb 6, 2016, 9:57 am

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JoWa

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Originally Posted by JoWa

https://sites.google.com/site/a350xw...roduction-list

This website has always been accurate and updated daily if nothing else announced. But now either the author´s died or there is a very serious problem with the A350 program:

- By a desperate delivery on New Years Eve they managed to deliver 14
planes in 2015, with continous promises of ramping up production. (Back log
is now approx 760 planes..)
- Only one plane, OH-LWD is slated for January delivery.
- That plane has only 1 test flight, while none has been delivered with less
than 4 test flights.
- Furthermore, that plane has been sitting on it´s ... in flightline since 1,5
months without a flight.
- Theoretically, AY no 5, QR no 8 and SQ no 1 could be delivered in February,
but AY 5 has only 1 test flight, on Jan 7, which is the only test flight carried
out this year. QR 8 and SQ 1 have zero...
- On top of that, there seem to be serious realiability issues with AY no 2 and
3, suggesting that 4 test flights are not enough.

Anyone has more information about this?

I just must repeat myself; What the heck is going on??

Not one single A350 delivered this year, and just three testflights.
And OH-LWD has now been sitting for more than two months since it´s maiden flight, OH-LWE one month.

And no one seem to know any explanation, as late as in January Airbus said they still hope to deliver 50 A350´s this year.

Did these AY planes take to the skies with toilets missing, and still no loos available?
Have AY unpaid bills in TLS??

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