Check out the new Airbus jet that will rival Boeing's 777 and replace the 747 jumbo jet
Airbus brought two A350-1000s to the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow. One for flight displays and...
...The other, belonging to launch customer Qatar Airways, to serve as a static display.
The first A350-1000 entered service with Qatar in February.
The show plane is Qatar's second A350-1000 and first flew in May.
The A350-1000 is 242 feet and one inch long, 19 feet seven inches wide with a wing space of 212 feet five inches.
Apart from being 23 feet longer than the little brother A350-900, the Dash 1000 can be identified by its more robust triple axle main landing gears.
It's powered by a pair of massive Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engines; each producing as much as 97,000 pounds of thrust.
According to Airbus, A350-1000 has a range of up to 9,667 miles.
Let's step inside.
Qatar's A350s are split into two cabins; business and economy.
Each suite is equipped with a 21.5-inch entertainment screen and allows access to 4,000 movies, TV shows, and music channels.
There's also a video feed from a camera located on the plane's rudder.
Each suite is also equipped with a seat that transforms into a bed at the touch of a button.
Here are those buttons.
The power operated window shades are a nice touch.
The suites along the outside edge of the cabin are fairly traditional in their setup.
However, the suite in the center of the cabin are unique in that they are configurable.
By configurable, I mean the dividers separating the suites can be lowered to create a communal setting for business meetings or...
...To share a nice meal.
Here's a Qatar Airways press photo with an overhead view of the QSuite.
Here, two of the suites are linked and set up for sleep.
Walk past the QSuites and you'll come up on the A350-1000s economy cabin with 281 seats.
Source: Seatguru
There are nine seats per row in a 3-3-3 configuration.
Each seat boasts 31-32 inches of seat pitch. Also, holy mood lighting Batman!
Each seat is also equipped with an entertainment screen, power plug, and USB plug.
In total, Qatar's A350-1000s have room for 327 passengers. In an all-economy layout, the A350-1000 can fly up to 440 people.
Thus far the Airbus has 168 orders for the A350-1000.
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