Taiwan News
Date: 2016-08-26
By: Central News Agency

China Airlines (CAL), one of Taiwan’s leading international carriers, said Friday that it will take delivery of its first Airbus A350 aircraft in the third quarter of the year.

The assembly of the A350-900 XWB (Extra Wide Body) jet airliner, including cabin furnishings and engine installation, has been completed at an Airbus plant in Toulouse, France, CAL said.

Ground trials and a test flight will be conducted in early September and delivery is scheduled by the end of the month, CAL said.

The delivery of CAL’s first A350-900 XWB had been scheduled for July but was postponed due to delays on Airbus’ assembly lines.     [FULL  STORY]