A350 is first Airbus airplane in which 52% of the parts (mainly, the wing and the body) consist of carbon composite material. Just to compare, Airbus A380 contains only 22% of such materials.

Except composite materials during construction of the airplane are also used aluminum (20%), titanium (14%), steel (7 %) and other materials. The price of the airplane is 310 million USD.

Airbus A350-900 is equipped with two engines Trent XWB-84 produced by Rolls-Royce. Every such engine consists of 20 thousands parts and in assemble condition weights 1.3 tones. Diameter of the engine is 3 meters.

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First, Airbus constructed 40 narrow-bodied airplanes per month. From October 2012 production tempo increased up to 42 narrow-bodied airplanes and to 2018 – up to 44. With growth of construction of A320neo airplane production of CEO version is being reduced and should be stopped in 2018.

Among perspective elaborations for A320neo (or, most likely for it’s successor) Airbus engineers are testing possibility of installing electric engines in the main landing gear unit that would allow to increase fuel efficiency thanks to taxiing-out on electric traction. Also, Airbus specialists work on fuel elements that in the long view will be able to replace additional power unit of the airplane.

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First version of Airbus A340-600 is the most common in Iberia fleet among two versions.

This airplane is used during long-haul flights.

This version offers 46 flat bed seats of business class and 300 seats of economy class.

Business Plus class consists of 12 rows of seats. These seats have 180 degrees recline. The noise from the galleys and lavatory may represent a problem for passengers of the seats 1A and 1L and for passengers of the last 12th row.

Passengers traveling with babies are often seated on the seats 2E and 2G as these seats offer bassinet locations.

Economy class seats are located in three sections separated from each other with exit rows. Most of the economy class seats have 2-4-2 configuration.

First section consists of 11 rows of seats. Due to the exit row in front the seats 14AC and 14JL have extra legroom. Among disadvantages: close location of the galleys and lavatories, reduced width and lack of floor storage during take-off and landing.

Because of the position of the bulkhead the seats 15DEGH have limited legroom. These seats may have no floor storage during take-off and landing. For passengers with babies these seats offer bassinet locations.

The second section of economy class seats include 15 rows. Passengers of the seats 25AC and 25JL will take advantage of extra space for their legs. Missing windows , lack of floor storage during take-off and landing make the seats 25A and 25L bad seats.

Congregation of passengers near lavatories and limited recline are the main disadvantages of the seats 38AC, 38 JL and 39DEGH.

The third section of economy class seats has 14 rows. Passengers of the seats 40AC and 40JL will feel comfortable thanks to extra legroom. As the tray tables are in the armrests the width of these seats is slightly reduced. Other passengers tend to gather in the area of these seats while waiting to use lavatories thus causing discomfort to passengers of these seats. Also these seats may have no floor storage during take-off and landing.

The seats 41DEGH have the following disadvantages: limited legroom, location of the galley in front and lack of floor storage during take-off and landing.

Due to missing seats behind the seats 50D and 50H are often bumped by other passengers and service carts passing by.

As there is no seat in front the seat 52D offers extra legroom. But proximity of the galleys and lavatories will cause discomfort for passengers of this seat and of the seat 52H.

The seats 52AC, 52JL and 53DEH are considered bad seats due to limited recline and close location of the lavatories and galleys.

Second version of Airbus A340-600 operated by Iberia may transport 342 passengers in tow classes: business and economy.

Business class consists of 42 angle-flat seats that have 170 degrees recline. These seats are located in 7 rows per 6 in each. Each row has 2-2-2 configuration of seats.

Location of the galleys and lavatory in front will cause discomfort to passengers’ of the seats 1C, 1DH and 1J.

The only disadvantage of the seats 6A and 6L are misaligned windows.

The noise from the galleys and lavatories located behind the seats 7C, 7DH and 7J will cause inconvenience to passengers’ of these seats.

Behind business class seats 300 standard seats of economy class are located. The seats of the economy class have 2-4-2 configuration.

Economy class is divided into three sections.

First section consists of 11 rows. Passengers of the seats 10AC, 10JL and 11DEGH will take advantage of extra legroom. However, these seats have also some disadvantages: the tray tables are built-in the armrests making them immovable and thus reducing the width of these seats a little. Also these seats have no floor storage during take-off and landing. Close location of the galleys may cause discomfort as well.

Due to the exit row located behind the seats of the 21st row are less reclining than standard.

Second section of economy class seats includes 15 rows. The seats of the 22nd row are a little narrower than standard and have no floor storage during take-off and landing. Also, the seat 22A and 22L have limited space for passengers’ legs due to protrusion of the exit doors inside. The best seats of the economy class are the seats 22C, 22DEGH and 22J. Passengers of these seats will feel comfortable thanks to extra legroom.

The seats 23A and 23 L are considered bad seats because of missing windows.

Proximity of the lavatories and limited recline are the main disadvantages of the seats 35AC, 35JK and 36DEGH.

The third section has 14 rows of seats. The main disadvantages of the seats 37AC, 37JL and 38DEGH are: congregation of passengers in the area of these seats in order to visit lavatories, reduced width as the tray tables are in the armrests making them immovable and lack of floor storage during take-off and landing. Also, the seats 37A and 37L have reduced legroom because the exit doors protrude inside. Passengers of the seats 37C, 37J and 38DEGH on the contrary will take advantage of additional space for their legs.

Because of configuration change of the seats from 4 to 3, the seats 47D and 47H are often bumped by service carts but the seats 48D and 48H have limited legroom. Also the seats 48D and 48H are a little narrower than standard.

The noise from the galleys and lavatories located behind and limited recline make the seats 49AC, 49JL and 50DEH bad seats.

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Flying range is up to 14600 kilometers, maximum capacity is 250 passengers.

The airplane Airbus A340-600 represents turbofan low-winged aircraft of semimonocoque construction. The wing is sweep and has thickened construction thanks to which are increased internal volumes for fuel.

The airplane’s body is made of integral panels that allowed not only to simplify construction and reduce the weight but also to reduce number of possible sections of depressurization.

Airbus A340-600 is equipped with powerful engines Rolls-Royce Trent 556.

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This airplane offers 278 seats of two classes.

First 9 rows of seats are the seats of business class. These seats are divided into two sections.

First section consists of 7 rows of seats and the second – of 2 rows. These rows contain 4 seats each.

For passengers who need more privacy will be ideal the seats 2A, 2L, 4A, 4L, 6A, 6L and 8A, 8L. For passengers travelling with a partner will be perfect the following seats: E and G seats of the rows 1, 3, 5, 7 and 8.

The only disadvantage of the seats 1C and 1J is close location of the galley.

The noise from the galley and lavatories will cause discomfort to passengers of the seats 7C and 7J.

The best seats in business class are considered the seats 8A and 8L.

The main disadvantage of the seats of the 9th row is location of the more crowded economy class behind.

Economy class seats may accommodate 242 passengers. Most of the seats have 2-4-2 configuration. These seats are located in two sections.

First section has 15 rows of seats. As the tray tables are in the armrests the width of the seats of the 10th row is reduced a little. Also these seats have no floor storage during take-off and landing. Passengers of the seats 10DEGH will take advantage of extra space for their legs. These seats are considered good seats.

Location of the lavatories behind and limited recline are the main disadvantages of the seats 24DEGH, 24JL and 25AC.

The second section of economy class seats is located behind the exit row. This section consists of 17 rows. Due to the exit row the seats 26DEGH, 27AC and 27JL have extra space for passengers’ legs. However, these seats are narrower than standard and have no floor storage during take-off and landing.

As the seats 38D and 38H jut out into the aisle they are often bumped by other passengers passing by and service carts.

As the seats 40DEH are misaligned with the seats in front the legroom of these seats is reduced a little. Also the armrests of these seats are immovable reducing the width.

The noise from the galleys and lavatories behind and limited recline make the seats of the last 42nd row bad seats.

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Wide-bodied airplanes have two or more aisles in passenger cabin. Airbus A330-300 has two aisles between the seats. This airplanes had two powerful engines (per one under each wing). Except this model “A330 family” also includes airplane A330-200.

Airbus A330-300 is long-haul airplane. Maximal flying range is 11300 kilometers that allows to connect capitals of almost all countries of the world. For example, flying range of Airbus A330-300 allows to fly from Moscow to almost any country of the world except some counties of Latin America, Australia, New Zealand and so on.

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This airplane may accommodate 288 passengers in two classes: business and economy that in Iberia is referred to as tourist class.

Business class offers 19 flat bed seats each of which has its’ own access to the aisle.

The seats 1C, 1J, 2DH, 3C, 3J, 4DH and 5C face out into the aisle making easier passengers to get in and out of them.

Passengers that need more privacy should choose the seats 1EG, 2A, 2L, 3EG, 4A, 4L and 5EG as these sears are positioned inwards.

The noise from the galleys will cause discomfort to passengers of the seats 1C, 1J and 5C, 5E. Location of the lavatory behind will cause inconvenience to passengers of the seats 4 L and 5G.

Economy class may transport 269 passengers. The seats of the economy class are divided into 2 sections divided from each other with an exit row. Most of the seats here have 2-4-2 configuration.

Due to the exit row in front the seats 6AC and 6JL offer extra space for passengers’ legs. Among disadvantages of these seats: lack of floor storage during take-off and landing, reduced width and proximity of the galley.

Missing windows make the seats 7A and 7L bad seats.

The only disadvantage of the seats 7C and 7J is close location of the galley.

Passengers of the seats 8DEGH will feel comfortable thanks to extra legroom but location of the galley in front may cause discomfort.

The seats 25JL, 26AC and 26DEGH are less reclining than standard. Other passengers tend to congregate in the area of these seats while waiting to use lavatories thus causing discomfort to passengers of thee seats.

Second section of economy class seats consists of 16 rows.

Thanks to the exit row located in front of the seats of the 27th row offer extra space for passengers’ legs. However, as the tray tables are in the armrests the width of these seats is reduced a little. Also there is no floor storage during take-off and landing and the noise from the lavatories may cause discomfort as well.

As there is no seat behind the seat 37H is often bumped by other passengers and crew members passing by.

The main disadvantage of the seats 40C and 40J is close location to the lavatory.

The seats 41AC, 41JL and 42DEH are considered bad seats due to limited recline and the noise from the galleys and lavatory located behind.

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But initial construction of cargo version began just in 2007. First cargo version was constructed on October 20th 2009. Almost in one month, on November 5th 2009, cargo airplane Airbus A330-200F has taken off the ground. The main competitor of this modification is cargo Boeing 767-300F and McDonnell Douglas DC-10F.

In 2008 was also constructed Airbus A330-200 with increased take-off weight. This model has got designation A330-200 HGW.

From the very first construction Airbus A330-200 started to be sold very well. And for today during operational period this wide-bodied airplane has made good showing on the air passenger market all over the world and became preferable airplane for many airline companies.

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