The A350-900’s 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. 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.
The composites-intensive A350 XWB is Airbus’ all-new mid-size, long range product line and the newest member of Airbus' leading widebody family. At the end of October 2014, the A350 XWB had won 750 orders from 39 customers worldwide.