Airbus A350 XWB new generation airliner has achieved US Federal Aviation Administration Type Certification on 12th November, weeks ahead of ...
The 315 seat variant A350-900, received Type Certification at FAA headquarters in Washington D.C. FAA Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety Peggy Gilligan and Airbus Group Inc. Chairman Allan McArtor were among the signing authorities at the official ceremony.
The certified aircraft is powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines.
The respective FAA and EASA certification awards come after Airbus successfully finished a stringent program of certification trials which took the A350-900 airframe and systems well beyond their design limits to ensure all airworthiness criteria are fully met, without any glitch.
The fleet of five test A350-900 aircraft completed the certification flight test campaign, on time, having accumulated more than 2,600 flight test hours to create and successfully achieve one of the aviation industry’s most thorough and efficient test programs ever developed for a commercial airliner.
