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Old Jul 19, 2018, 1:00 am
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Iberia A350 crew training flights tomorrow?
I have business class tickets MAD-JFK courtesy of the Iberia 90,000 avios promotion and understand that the current A340 (which I love) is being replaced with the new A350. I need to reserve our seats but would like to know if there is anything I need to be aware of on the new aircraft beforehand. So is anyone flying on the A350 soon?
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Old Jul 19, 2018, 4:17 am
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I am on Monday. Let me know if I can assist.
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Old Jul 19, 2018, 5:03 am
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I am on Monday. Let me know if I can assist.

Very kind Schwann. I'm interested in the window seats foot well. Looking at an aisle picture the aisle seats seem to have more foot room but does the window seat have the same foot space? I really don't like tightly cramped foot spaces. If you could take a look whilst you're their I'd be very grateful. Thank you.
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Old Jul 20, 2018, 8:47 am
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EC-MXV now on its way to LHR on the first of the crew training flights.
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Old Jul 21, 2018, 4:49 am
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I'm trying it out next weekend, so looking forward to reading about experiences on it.
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Old Jul 23, 2018, 2:41 am
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Any trip reports yet on the A350 LHR runs ??
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Old Jul 23, 2018, 3:01 am
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My quick thoughts are on turningleftforless.

But quickly.... The plane is lovely. But it needs alot of work. Seats not working in J. IFE system not working at all. No WiFi.
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Old Jul 23, 2018, 7:32 am
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Here we go. Both sides the seat “footwell” is open on the aisle seat.
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Old Jul 23, 2018, 7:35 am
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And I should add.. the seats where the window seat is not next to the aisle, the seat footwell is “open” on the fuselage side. So, in theory, the window seats with the seat near the window should give the lost uniterupted foot space.
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Old Jul 23, 2018, 3:50 pm
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Any trip reports yet on the A350 LHR runs ??
Found this on youtube.

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Old Jul 24, 2018, 1:27 am
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IB seams to try out their new plane on shorthaul MAD-LHR-MAD right now. Departures from MAD as IB3166 15.55 and from LHR as IB3166 18.50 with the A350 (insted of A340) that I can find:

24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 july
1, 2, 3 aug

from aug 4-22 still A340 loaded in the schedule, then

23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 aug

Nothing found in september yet
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Old Jul 24, 2018, 2:14 am
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What is a shame is that I booked for 21AUG LHR-MAD on the A350 but now showing A346 !! Hopefully the A350 will show up 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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Old Jul 24, 2018, 2:54 am
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What is a shame is that I booked for 21AUG LHR-MAD on the A350 but now showing A346 !! Hopefully the A350 will show up 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
It maybe depends on when they get their A350 nr 2.
The first one EC-MXV will be used for New York from aug 4
Next one EC-MYX is on the delivery list and is probebly the one they will use for training on MAD-LHR in late august
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Old Jul 24, 2018, 7:26 am
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Originally Posted by Schwann


Here we go. Both sides the seat “footwell” is open on the aisle seat.
Thank you Schwann! They do look wider than the A340 which was my main concern. Very helpful.
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Old Jul 24, 2018, 11:23 am
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IFE is now active on EC-MXV.

Thumbs up on first impressions.


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