Delta Air Lines chose Airbus to expand its fleet of widebodies aircraft, with a first order for 20 A350-1000 aircraft. The A350K will be new to Delta's fleet.
Delta Air Lines currently operates more than 450 Airbus aircraft across all Airbus product families, from the A220 to the A350-900, with more than 200 additional on order.
Once added to the fleet, Delta will benefit from the A350-1000's operational efficiency, which results in reduced fuel consumption and emissions and lower operating and maintenance costs, while engers will enjoy the comfort of the Airbus Airspace cabin with its spacious, quiet cabin featuring wide seats, high ceilings and customizable ambient lighting designed to reduce fatigue and jet-lag on long flights.
The A350 is the widebody aircraft capable of operating short-haul routes to ultra-long-haul routes of up to 9.700 nautical miles. Its clean design includes cutting-edge technologies, aerodynamics, lightweight materials and state-of-the-art engines that together deliver a 25% advantage in fuel consumption, operating costs and CO₂ emissions, as well as a 50% reduction in noise footprint compared to with the previous generation. competing aircraft. The A350 has received more than 1.206 orders from 58 customers around the world.
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