ʻO ka mana Ultra Long Range mua loa o ka A350 XWB ua ʻōwili ʻia mai ka laina hui hope o Airbus ma Toulouse. ʻO ka ʻano hou loa o ka ʻohana A350 XWB kūʻai maikaʻi loa e hiki ke lele ʻoi aku ma mua o nā mokulele mokulele ʻē aʻe a e komo i ka lawelawe me ka mea hoʻokele Singapore Airlines ma hope o kēia makahiki.
Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, ua kauoha aku ʻo Singapore Airlines i ʻehiku A350-900 Ultra Long Range mokulele, kahi e hoʻohana ai i nā mokulele kū ʻole ma waena o Singapore a me US, e like me ka ʻoihana lawelawe lōʻihi loa o ka honua ma waena o Singapore a me New York.
Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka hui ʻana o ka mokulele, ua neʻe ka mokulele mua i kahi kikowaena waho kahi e hoʻāʻo ʻia ai ka honua, ma mua o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kāna mau mīkini Rolls-Royce Trent XWB.
A laila e hoʻomaka ka mokulele i kahi papahana hoʻāʻo lele pōkole e hōʻoia i nā loli ma luna o ka maʻamau A350-900 e lawe mai i ka hiki keu. Loaʻa kēia i kahi ʻōnaehana wahie i hoʻololi ʻia e hoʻonui ai i ka hiki ke lawe i ka wahie ma 24,000 lita, me ka ʻole o ka pono o nā pahu wahie hou. E ana nō hoʻi ka pae hoʻāʻo i ka hana i hoʻonui ʻia mai nā hoʻomaikaʻi aerodynamic, me nā winglets lōʻihi.
Me ke kaumaha lawe-off kiʻekiʻe (MTOW) o 280 tonnes, hiki i ka A350 XWB Ultra Long Range ke lele a hiki i 9,700 nautical mile a ʻoi aku paha ma mua o 20 mau hola me ka hoʻomaha ʻole, e hui pū ana i nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ka hōʻoluʻolu o ka poʻe holo kaʻa a me ka ʻoihana me ka hoʻokele waiwai ʻole. ia mau mamao.
ʻO ka A350 XWB kahi ʻohana hou loa o nā airliners lōʻihi lōʻihi e hoʻolālā nei i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka huakaʻi ea. Hōʻike ka A350 XWB i ka hoʻolālā aerodynamic hou, carbon fuselage carbon a me nā ʻeheu, a me nā ʻenekini Rolls-Royce hou e pono ai ka wahie. Hoʻohui pū kēia mau ʻenehana hou loa i nā pae kaulike ʻole o ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hana, me ka 25 keneta e hoʻemi ai i ka wahie a me nā hoʻokuʻu ʻana, a me nā kumukūʻai mālama haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa. Hāʻawi ka A350 XWB i kahi mokulele e Airbus kāpena e hāʻawi ana i ka noho maikaʻi loa ʻana ma luna o ka moku me ka lumi māhoe-ʻelua a me nā ʻōnaehana hou.
I kēia lā, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Airbus i ka huina o 854 mau kauoha paʻa no ka A350 XWB mai 45 mau mea kūʻai aku ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ua hana ʻo ia i kekahi o nā mokulele ākea ākea loa.
ʻO Singapore Airlines kekahi o nā mea kūʻai aku nui loa no ka ʻohana A350 XWB, i ke kauoha ʻana he 67 A350-900, me nā hiʻohiʻona ʻehiku o Ultra Long Range. Ua lawe mua ka mea lawe i 21 A350-900s.