Airbus Begins A350 Composite Fuselage Work

By Robert Wall wall@aviationweek.com
LONDON

Airbus has begun carbon fiber placement for the first A350XWB section as the company ramps up activities in preparation for the start of final assembly next year.

Work on the so called Section 19 rear fuselage section now being manufacturered at Airbus’s Illescas, Spain production facility measures 5.5 meter-long, 56. sq. meter fuselage barrel is due to be completed in the coming weeks, Airbus ...

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