Ua lilo ʻo Cathay Pacific Airways i ka lua o ka mokulele e hoʻohana i ka A350-1000, ka mea hou loa o ka honua holoʻokoʻa ākea ākea. Ua lawe ka mokulele i ka mokulele ma kahi hanana kūikawā ma Toulouse, Farani.
ʻO ka mokulele ka mua o nā 20 A350-1000s i kauoha ʻia e Cathay Pacific a e hui pū me nā ʻauwaʻa e ulu ana o ka mokulele A350 XWB, kahi i loaʻa i ka 22 A350-900s. Hoʻohui ʻia nā mokulele ʻelua a hāʻawi i ka maʻamau maʻamau me nā pono hana like ʻole, ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana i nā mea kaʻa i nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ka hōʻoluʻolu ma nā papa āpau. E pōmaikaʻi ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi mai ka maikaʻi loa i loko o ka hale noho, me ka nui o nā wahi pilikino, ke kiʻekiʻe o ka cabin i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, ʻoi aku ka ea hou, ka mālama ʻana i ka mahana a me ka haʻahaʻa, ka hoʻohui pū ʻana a me ka hanauna hou o ka ʻōnaehana leʻaleʻa in-flight.
Me kona mana lōʻihi maoli, e lilo ka A350-1000 i mea nui o nā hana lōʻihi o Cathay Pacific. E kau ʻia ka mokulele ma ke ala hoʻomaha ʻole hou o ka mokulele mai Hong-Kong a i Wakinekona DC, e hōʻike ana i ka lele lōʻihi loa - ma kahi o 17 mau hola - hana ʻia e kekahi mokulele mai Hong Kong.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Paul Loo, Cathay Pacific Chief Customer and Commercial Officer: “Ua loaʻa iā mākou kekahi o nā ʻauwaʻa liʻiliʻi loa i ka lewa, a me ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ka A350-1000, e liʻiliʻi wale kā mākou mau ʻauwaʻa. Ke hahai nei ka mokulele i ka hoʻokomo kūleʻa o ka ʻano ʻano A350-900 i hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻonui i kā mākou pūnaewele lōʻihi ma kahi kokoke i ʻike ʻole ʻia. Loaʻa i ka A350-1000 kahi ākea kupaianaha, maikaʻi loa ka wahie a me ka noho mālie, hāʻawi i nā mea kūʻai aku i kahi kaʻa kaʻa ʻē aʻe a he nani loa ka ʻoihana hana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Eric Schulz, Luna Nui ʻOihana Kūʻai ʻo Airbus: "Haʻaheo mākou e hāʻawi i ka A350-1000 i kā mākou mea kūʻai lōʻihi ʻo Cathay Pacific. ʻO ka A350-1000 ke kahua kūpono no Cathay Pacific e hoʻonui i ka hiki ma kekahi o kāna mau ala lōʻihi loa. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o ka mea ākea hou loa o ka honua a me ka lawelawe mokulele kaulana ʻo Cathay Pacific ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa e hōʻoia i ka hiki i ka mokulele ke hoʻoikaika i kona kūlana ʻoi aku ka nui o kekahi o nā mea hoʻokele honua nui o ka honua.
ʻO ka A350-1000 ka lālā hou loa o ka ʻohana widebody alakaʻi o Airbus, e hōʻike ana i ka pae kiʻekiʻe o ka maʻamau me ka A350-900 me 95% mau helu ʻāpana ʻōnaehana maʻamau a me Same Type Rating. A me ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi fuselage lōʻihi e hoʻokipa ai i ka 40% ʻoi aku ka nui o ka uku (e hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka A350-900), ʻo ka A350-1000 pū kekahi e hōʻike ana i kahi ʻēheu i hoʻololi ʻia, nā huila pae ʻeono hou a me Rolls-Royce Trent ikaika loa. XWB-97 mīkini. Me ka A350-900, ke hana nei ka A350-1000 i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka huakaʻi ea ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā pae kūpono ʻole o ka maikaʻi a me ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻole i kona hale 'Airspace'. Me kona mana hou aʻe ua hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia ka A350-1000 no kekahi o nā ala hele lōʻihi loa. I kēia lā, ua kauoha nā mea kūʻai mai 11 mai ʻelima mau ʻāina i ka huina o 168 A350-1000s.
