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SriLankan secures buyers for A350s

Sri Lanka's Deputy Minister for State Enterprises, Eran Wickramaratne, says national carrier SriLankan Airlines is in the process of disposing of its four A350-900s, ordered from Airbus Industrie in 2013.

According to Reuters, Wickramaratne said that of the four, one had been sold to an undisclosed lessor for a "reasonably good price" while talks concerning the the remaining three are still ongoing.

The move is part of a cost-cutting exercise aimed at improving the debt-ridden carrier's books ahead of a planned privatization process due to launch later in the year.

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Airbus expects to announce positive news on demand for A350-900 and A350-1000 jets in coming weeks, with Virgin Atlantic close to reaching a final deal to buy close to 10 A350-1000s.
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First flight of first Ethiopian A350

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A bad habit in the making? The Airbus A350 XWB is developed for a 3-3-3 seating in economy class (just like the 777 by the way). But Air Caraïbes thinks differently: the A350s that will be delivered to them will be configured with a 3-4-3 seating (just like most 777s now). I vow never to fly them!
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AerCap (leasing firm from The Netherlands) delivered the first of two new A350-900, serial 040, to Ethiopian Airlines, on long-term lease from AerCap’s order book with Airbus. A second new A350-900 is scheduled for delivery to Ethiopian in August 2016.
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American Airlines deferred deliveries of all 22 A350-900s on order, in effort to reduce Capital Expenditure and manage capacity through 2018. First delivery now set for late 2018, with remainder through 2022.
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sn26567 wrote:First flight of first Ethiopian A350

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Beautiful can't wait to see her at BRU.
ET will operates at least one flight with A350 to BRU.
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First Airbus A350-**** coming out of the assembly line. Guess what **** stands for ;)

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sn26567 wrote:SriLankan secures buyers for A350s

Sri Lanka's Deputy Minister for State Enterprises, Eran Wickramaratne, says national carrier SriLankan Airlines is in the process of disposing of its four A350-900s, ordered from Airbus Industrie in 2013.

According to Reuters, Wickramaratne said that of the four, one had been sold to an undisclosed lessor for a "reasonably good price" while talks concerning the the remaining three are still ongoing.

The move is part of a cost-cutting exercise aimed at improving the debt-ridden carrier's books ahead of a planned privatization process due to launch later in the year.

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They have also held talks with Iran Air.

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Lufthansa's first A350 emerged from the paint room

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Of all companies, RwandAir plans to launch A350 service from Kigali to New York.

With which aircraft? A SriLankan one, mentioned on top of this page?
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The first Airbus A350 for Air Caraïbes ready for painting in Toulouse. Likely to become the first A350 with 10-abreast seating instead of the regular 3-3-3 (thus it will never see me on board).

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The 10,000th Airbus plane will be delivered Friday to Singapore Airlines. Is it an A350 ?

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sn26567 wrote:The 10,000th Airbus plane will be delivered Friday to Singapore Airlines. Is it an A350 ?

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Yup, A350 XWB

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Sneak preview of first Lufthansa A350 D-AIXA

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sn26567 wrote:With which aircraft? A SriLankan one, mentioned on top of this page?
Nope, the three SriLankan are going to Sichuan Airlines.

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Impressive!
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First flight of the A350-1000 : Thursday 24 Nov morning in Toulouse !

Airbus to launch the maiden flight of its first A350-1000 on 24 November 2016. Serial 059 is powered by Trent XWB-97 engines. Airbus plans to deliver the first A350-1000 to launch customer Qatar Airways by end of 2017.
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