Airbus to test A350 fuselage/cabin behaviour early in flight-testing

Picture credit: Airbus Deutschland 2009

Airbus has revealed the first details of the A350 XWB's flight test programme, which will involve five aircraft flying about 3,000h.

The airframer intends to begin flight-testing a cabin-equipped aircraft early in the programme to understand the interior's behaviour in the carbonfibre fuselage.