First flight-test A350 emerges in full colours

Airbus A350-900

Airbus has unveiled the first A350-900 flight-test prototype in its full paint scheme, as the airframer makes final preparations for the twinjet's maiden sortie.

The aircraft has been fitted with its Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines and the painting process marks one of the final stages before the flight-test regime begins.

Customers have ordered 414 of the -900 variant, the first of the three-member family to be developed.

Boeing selected Honeywell avionics suite for 777X, consultant says

Boeing 777

Boeing has decided to transfer major elements of the 787's Honeywell cockpit systems to the new 777X, perhaps preserving the common cockpit rating achieved between the 787 and the legacy 777series.

The decision was announced on 7 May by vice-president of marketing and business development Mike Bair at a Boeing-hosted conference for investors and analysts in New York, says aerospace consultant Ernest Arvai, who attended the meeting.

Boeing did not immediately return calls seeking comment.

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