15 February, 2019: Japan Airline’s (JAL) first A350-900 is at the Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France for its final assembly. The installations of the vertical and horizontal tailplane and wing-fuselage junction have been completed. The airline will receive its first A350-900 in the middle of 2019.
JAL’s first A350 XWB will be taken to another assembly station from the current station for final structural completion such as the installation of winglets and ground testing of mechanical, electrical and avionics systems.
In 2013, the airlines had placed an order for 31 A350 XWBs (18 A350-900s and 13 A350-1000s). It is the airlines first ever order for Airbus aircraft. From September, JAL’s A350 fleet will enter service on major domestic routes starting with its Haneda - Fukuoka route and later on it will fly on international routes, replacing older-generation widebody types.