British Airways first Airbus A350-1000 painted up

The first Airbus A350-1000 for British Airways has left the paint shop and is… well – looking mighty fine for itself.

Two images have been formally released – one from British Airways themselves….

British Airways Airbus A350-1000 – Image, British Airways via Twitter

and one by Airbus

British Airways Airbus A350-1000 – Image, Airbus, via Twitter

The design is a variant of the Chatham dockyard tail that currently flies in the British Airways fleet. Of note however, is the sharklet/winglet device, which also features the tail logo on it.

British Airways will eventually take 18 of the type into its long haul fleet – and will be the first to feature the new “Club Suite” product – a customised variant of the Collins Aerospace SuperDiamond product. The plane will seat 331 passengers in a  three-class configuration.

British Airways new Club Suite product. 

The type will initially be operated between London Heathrow and Madrid on proving flights, before being deployed on its intended long haul operations – which currently include Toronto, Tel Aviv, Dubai and Bangalore.

With the plane all painted up – the next stop will be first flight. After this, pre-delivery, further checks and finally – delivery to the airline.

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