Rumors about Emirates from Rimini TTG: A350 debut still slips. By the time they talk about it
In recent days, from Toulouse, Airbus proudly released photos of the first flight of an Airbus A350-900 in the colors [...]
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In recent days, from Toulouse, Airbus proudly released photos of the first flight of an Airbus A350-900 in Emirates colors. Beautiful plane, beautiful livery of the First new aircraft model purchased by Emirates in the past 15 yearsduring which its fleet had stabilized on only two aircraft: the A380 (of which it has 116 in its fleet) and the Boeing 777, of which it has 10 -200LRs and 131 -300ERs.
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In fact, as of today, the A350 should have not make his first flight, but be in passenger service In the colors of the Dubai carrier, since it was scheduled to debut on a connection between Dubai and Bahrain on September 15, which was 25 days ago.
Among the destinations served with the A350 are. There would also have been an Italian one: Bologna, starting Dec. 1. However, As early as last June, it was clear that something was going to go wrong, in Emirates' plans. Why the A350 was missing from Dubai-Bahrain on Sept. 15., with all flights between the two cities operated via Boeing 777-300ERs.
And also the Dubai-Bologna-Dubai on December 1. (inaugural flight on which Barbone Matteo Rainisio had promptly booked himself) had been 'downgraded' to the 'usual' 777-300ER. And the debut of the A350 on the route between the city of the Two Towers and the Emirate. postponed to Jan. 1.
In recent hours, however, according to the rumors from the TTG in Rimini (our country's most important tourism fair), the debut with passengers aboard the 350 looks set to slip further, to a date that still wouldn't be there, but as far as the Dubai-Bologna-Dubai Is expected to fall between March and April 2025, That is, at (or just after) the start of Summer 2025.
The Emirates version of the A350 will fly in three classes, with 32 seats in Business, 21 in Premium Economy and 259 in Economy.
