A350 passes six million passengers

Airbus reported (17-Jan-2017) the A350 handled six million passengers since its commercial service entry two years ago. There were 62 A350s in airline service at the end of Dec-2016. The fleet collectively accumulated 154,000-plus flight hours on more than 25,000 flights, with an average daily utilisation of 12.5 hours. Current operators are: Qatar Airways, Vietnam Airlines, Finnair, LATAM, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Ethiopian Airlines, Thai Airways International, China Airlines and Lufthansa. [more - original PR]