page_title: Airbus A350 XWB
section_title: A350-900ULR
hierarchical_section_title: Airbus A350 XWB / Variants / A350-900 / A350-900ULR
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of an Airbus A350-900 for Singapore Airlines.
context_page_description: The Airbus A350 XWB is a family of long-range, wide-body airliners developed by Airbus.
  The first A350 design proposed by Airbus in 2004, in response to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, would have been a development of the A330 with composite wings and new engines.
  As market support was inadequate, in 2006 Airbus switched to a clean-sheet "XWB" design, powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB turbofan engines.
  The prototype first flew on 14 June 2013 from Toulouse in France.
  Type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency was received in September 2014 and certification from the Federal Aviation Administration two months later.
  The A350 XWB is the first Airbus mostly made of carbon fibre reinforced polymer.
  It has a new fuselage designed around a nine-abreast economy cross-section, up from the eight-abreast A330/A340.
  It has a common type rating with the A330.
  The A350 XWB has two variants: The A350-900 typically carries 300 to 350 passengers over a 15,000 kilometres range and has a 280-ton maximum take-off weight; the longer A350-1000 accommodates 350 to 410 passengers, has a maximum range of 16,100 km and a 319 t MTOW, and is supported by two 6-wheel main landing gear trucks.
context_section_description: The MTOW of the ultra-long range -900ULR has been increased to 280 t (620,000 lb) and its fuel capacity increased from 141,000 to 165,000 l (37,000 to 44,000 US gal) within existing fuel tanks, enabling up to 19-hour flights with a 9,700 nmi (18,000 km) range. The MTOW is increased by 5 tonnes from the previously certified 275 tonnes variant. Because of the A350-900's fuel consumption of 5.8 tonnes/hour, it needs an additional 24 tonnes of fuel to fly 19 hours instead of the standard 15 hours: the increased MTOW and lower payloads will enable the larger fuel capacity. Non-stop flights could last more than 20 hours. The first −900ULR was rolled out without its engines in February 2018 for ground testing. Flight-tests after engine installation checked the larger fuel capacity and measured the performance improvements from the extended winglets. It made its first flight on 23 April 2018.
  Singapore Airlines, the launch customer, used its seven -900ULR aircraft on non-stop flights between Singapore and New York City and cities on the U.S. west coast. Singapore Airlines' seating is to be from 170 in largely business class seating up to over 250 in mixed seating. The planes can be reconfigured. They will have two seating classes. The airline received its first -900ULR on 23 September 2018, with 67 business class seats and 94 premium economy seats.
  On 12 October 2018, it landed the world's longest flight at Newark Liberty International Airport from Singapore Changi after 17 hours and 52 minutes, covering 16,561 kilometres (8,942 nmi) for a 15,353 kilometres (8,290 nmi) orthodromic distance. It burned 101.4 t (224,000 lb) of fuel to cover the route in 17 h 22 min: an average of 5.8 tonnes per hour (1.6 kg/s).
  At the 2015 Dubai Air Show, John Leahy noted the demand of the Middle Eastern Gulf airlines for this variant. In February 2018, Qatar Airways stated its preference for the larger -1000, having no need for the extra range of the -900ULR. Compared to the standard -900, the -900ULR additional value is likely around $2 million.
caption: Singapore Airlines launched the A350-900ULR, externally identical to the pictured A350-900
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