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Summary of Airbus A350 Deliveries and A350 Orders as of August 2022.

	A350-800	A350-900	A350-1000	Totals
Orders	–	739	149	888
Deliveries	–	430	65	495
Operational	–	430	65	495

For each new aircraft model that is brought to production, a launch airline customer must be found.  This can be a complex arrangement and relationship as the airline wants to produce an aircraft that is as attractive to the general market as possible. The success of this can be seen in the Airbus A350 Deliveries and A350 Orders below.

The launch airline has extensive input to the finished product while at the same time being able to negotiate a favourable price for their order.   The risk, and therefore the reason that the launch carrier can negotiate such a favourable unit price for their order is that there can be delays.  New technology and the Airbus A350 XWB is no different, and so far untried new methods can lead to delays when things don’t go to plan.  A very obvious example of this was the launch of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner which ran into all sorts of problems and led to extensive delays.

Qatar Airways was the launch customer for both variants of the A350. The first of course was the A350-900 which was delivered on 22 December 2014. This was followed by the A350-1000 which was delivered on 20 February 2018. This A350-1000 was the first to be fitted with the revolutionary new Qsuite seats, a new innovation in Business Class seat that makes up into a double bed.

A detailed list of Airbus A350 Orders and A350 Deliveries as of October 2021.

(ORD = On Order, DEL=Delivered, OP=In Operation)

				A350-800			A350-900			A350-1000
				ORD	DEL	OP	ORD	DEL	OP	ORD	DEL	OP
Govt. Exec and Private Jets							5	4	3
Aercap (leasing)							20	20
Aeroflot							22	6	6
Afriqiyah Airways							10
Air Caraibes									3	4	2	2
Air China							30	15	15
Air France							38	11	11
Air Lease Corporation							20	12		10	2
Air Mauritius							4	2	4
Alafco							12	12
				A350-800			A350-900			A350-1000
				ORD	DEL	OP	ORD	DEL	OP	ORD	DEL	OP
Asiana Airlines							21	13	13	8
Azul								4
BOC Aviation							2	2
British Airways										18	8	8
Cathay Pacific							28	26	28	18	15	15
China Airlines							14	14	14
China Eastern							20	10	10
China Southern							20	10	10
C.I.T. Leasing							7	7
DAE Capital							2	2
Delta Airlines							25	15	23
Emirates							50
Ethiopian Airlines							22	14	16
Etihad Airlines										20	5	5
Evelop Airlines									2
Fiji Airways									2
Finnair							19	16	16
French BEE									4
GROUPE DUBREUIL							1	1
Hainan Airlines									7
Hong Kong Airlines							3	3	2
Iberia							20	9	9
				A350-800			A350-900			A350-1000
				ORD	DEL	OP	ORD	DEL	OP	ORD	DEL	OP
Iran Air										16
Japan Airlines							18	12	12	13
Kuwait Airways							5
Latam Airlines Group							13	13	2
Libyan Airlines							6
Lufthansa							45	17	17
Malaysia Airlines									6
Philippine Airlines							6	6	6
Qatar Airways							34	34	34	42	19	19
Scandinavian Airlines							8	6	6
Sichuan Airlines							10		4
Singapore Airlines							67	56	56
Sri Lankan Airlines							4
Starlux							9			8
Thai International							4	4	12
Turkish Airlines							23	5	5
United Airlines							45
Vietnam Airlines (Aercap)							10	10	14
Virgin Atlantic										8	5	7
World2fly									1
Yemenia Yemen Airways							10
Undisclosed							15		10
Totals							748	387	387	165	56	56
				ORD	DEL	OP	ORD	DEL	OP	ORD	DEL	OP
				A350-800			A350-900			A350-1000

Month/Year

Order/Deliver Activity

November / 21

Variations with last month. Orders Airbus A350-900 748 reduced by 1 to 747 Airbus A350-1000 165 increased by 1 to 166 Deliveries Airbus A350-900 deliveries increased from 387 to 389. Airbus A350-1000 deliveries static since last month at 56. In fleet Airbus A350-900 2 more joined airline fleets from 387 to 389. Airbus A350-1000 no more joined airline fleets this month, steady at 56. Movers Government and Private Jets moved from 3 in fleet to 5. Air Mauritius changed from 2 in fleet to 4. Their full order. Asiana’s A350-1000 order increased from 8 to 9. China Eastern added another A350-900 to in fleet from 10 to 11. Delta now have one more A350-900 in fleet from 23 to 24. Japan Airlines also added another A350-900 to in fleet from 12 to 13. Undisclosed A350-900 operational in fleet dropped from 10 to 7.

In short, it is a calculated risk.  With a good outcome, however, there is prestige and exposure to be gained.  See below for details of the first deliveries for each variant.

If there is more you want to learn about this airliner, please visit A350 XWB Home, A350 XWB Interior, A350 XWB Assembly, A350 XWB Order Book and A350 XWB History.

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