Revell 03881 Airbus A350-900 Lufthansa New Livery

The Airbus A350 is a long-range, low-wing, twin-engine jet airliner, primarily French-German production. The drive is provided by two Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines. The flight of the prototype took place in 2013, and serial production started in the same year and continues to this day. Until August 2017, 107 copies of this aircraft were produced, with Airbus having collected orders for 858 A350s until then. The Airbus A350 was created as a response of the Airbus concern to the new Boeing models: the 777 and especially the 787. The A350 was built from scratch, with new wings, new engines, a completely redesigned horizontal tail, and completely new composite materials and manufacturing methods. It is estimated that all research and development projects leading to the development of the A350 cost around EUR 4 billion! The A350 aircraft is currently being produced in two basic versions: A350-900 (commercial debut in 2014) and A350-1000 (commercial debut in 2017). The former has a larger fuselage capacity, but a shorter range - the latter has a longer flight range, but less capacity.