Thai Airways A350-900 Takes First Flight
Thai Airways A350-900
Thai Airways A350-900 while on taxiing before takeoff. The Thailand carrier become the eighth A350 series operator after hand over ceremony. The first A350-900 from total 12 A350s order has been delivered. Thai Airways using leasing scheme for the aircraft from CIT Group. Based on our database, only four owned and directly purchased to Airbus. The other eight will on lease to the lessor. The spoke person of the airline said that the aircraft will be setup for long haul flights. The first route will between Bangkok to Melbourne. Thai Airways selected 321 seating configuration with two premium classes. However, the economy class will take 289 seats of it. Photo credit goes to Airbus Tchaikovski. Taken at Airbus Facility in Toulouse, France.