The following is a list of current commercial operators of the Airbus A350.
There were 578 A350 aircraft in service with 44 operators as of December 24,2023 [update] . [1] The largest operators are Singapore Airlines (65), Qatar Airways (53), Cathay Pacific (42), Delta Air Lines (30), Air China (27), Thai Airways International (23) and Lufthansa (21).
Legend | Notes |
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* | Current |
* | Former |
Orders |
Airline | Country | Photo | 900 | 900ULR | 1000 | Freighter | Total in fleet | Notes |
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Aeroflot | Russia | 7 | 7 | No longer supported by Airbus as an effect of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||||
Air Algérie | Algeria | 2 | To be delivered by 2025 | |||||
Air Caraïbes | Guadeloupe | 3 | 3 | 6 | First operator in France. | |||
Air China | China | 30 | 30 | |||||
Air France | France | 35 | 4 | 35 | ||||
Air India | India | 6 | 20 | 6 | 14 A350-1000 orders were converted into A350-900, deliveries and introduction in service began in 2024. | |||
Air Mauritius | Mauritius | 4 | 4 | 3 more to be delivered between 2025 and 2026 | ||||
Asiana Airlines | South Korea | 15 | 15 | |||||
Azul Brazilian Airlines | Brazil | 2 | Replaced by the Airbus A330neo [2] [3] | |||||
British Airways | United Kingdom | 18 | 18 | |||||
Cathay Pacific | Hong Kong | 30 | 18 | 6 | 48 | |||
China Airlines | Taiwan | 15 | 15 | |||||
China Eastern Airlines | China | 20 | 20 | |||||
China Southern Airlines | China | 20 | 20 | |||||
CMA CGM Air Cargo | France | 4 | To be delivered by 2025 | |||||
Corendon Dutch Airlines | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | Leased from World2Fly | ||||
Delta Air Lines | United States | 33 | 20 | 33 | First operator in North America | |||
Edelweiss Air | Switzerland | 6 | To be delivered by 2025 | |||||
Egyptair | Egypt | 10 | To be delivered by 2025 | |||||
Emirates | United Arab Emirates | 65 | To be delivered by 2024 | |||||
Ethiopian Airlines | Ethiopia | 20 | 1 | 21 | A350-1000 orders were converted from A350-900. First operator in Africa. | |||
Etihad Airways | United Arab Emirates | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
Evelop Airlines | Spain | 2 | Renamed to Iberojet in 2021 | |||||
EVA Air | Taiwan | 18 | ||||||
Fiji Airways | Fiji | 4 | 4 | First operator in south pacific | ||||
Finnair | Finland | 17 | 17 | First operator in Europe | ||||
French Bee | France | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||
Hainan Airlines | China | 9 | ||||||
Hong Kong Airlines | Hong Kong | 9 | ||||||
Iberia | Spain | 22 | 22 | |||||
Iberojet | Spain | 2 | 2 | |||||
ITA Airways | Italy | 6 | 6 | |||||
IndiGo | India | 30 | To be delivered by 2027 and bought rights to buy 70 more 350s | |||||
Japan Airlines | Japan | 15 | 6 | 21 | 1 of 16 A350-900 (JA13XJ) written off after a collision with another aircraft at Tokyo Haneda Airport [4] | |||
KLM | Netherlands | 10 | 40 | To be delivered to 2026 | ||||
Korean Air | South Korea | 6 | 27 | |||||
Kuwait Airways | Kuwait | 2 | ||||||
LATAM Brasil | Brazil | 13 | Retired early due to the COVID-19 pandemic [5] | |||||
Libyan Airlines | Libya | 6 | ||||||
Lufthansa | Germany | 27 | 10 | 27 | ||||
Malaysia Airlines | Malaysia | 7 | 7 | |||||
Martinair | Netherlands | 4 | To be delivered by 2026 | |||||
Philippine Airlines | Philippines | 2 | 9 | 2 | A350-1000 to be delivered by 2025 through 2027 | |||
Qantas | Australia | 24 | 12 to be delivered by 2025 for Project Sunrise. Further 12 to be delivered by 2028. | |||||
Qatar Airways | Qatar | 34 | 24 | 58 | Launch customer of the A350-900 and A350-1000. Largest A350-1000 operator. | |||
Really Cool Airlines | Thailand | 4 | ||||||
Scandinavian Airlines | Sweden Norway Denmark | 4 | 4 | |||||
Sichuan Airlines | China | 9 | 9 | |||||
Silk Way West Airlines | Azerbaijan | 2 | To be delivered by 2027 | |||||
Singapore Airlines | Singapore | 58 [6] | 7 [6] | 7 | 65 | Launch customer of A350-900ULR and Freighter Largest A350 operator. Only airline operating the -900ULR variant. Includes the 10000th Airbus aircraft ever built, 9V-SMF. | ||
South African Airways | South Africa | 4 | Leased from Air Mauritius and Avolon | |||||
Starlux Airlines | Taiwan | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||||
Swiss International Air Lines | Switzerland | 5 | To be delivered by 2025 | |||||
TAM Linhas Aéreas | Brazil | 3 | Rebranded to LATAM Brasil in 2016. First operator in the Americas. | |||||
Thai Airways International | Thailand | 23 | 23 | |||||
Turkish Airlines | Turkey | 24 | 15 | 24 | ||||
United Airlines | United States | 45 | To be delivered by 2030. | |||||
Vietnam Airlines | Vietnam | 14 | 14 | |||||
Virgin Atlantic | United Kingdom | 12 | 12 | |||||
World2Fly | Spain | 3 | 3 | |||||
Yemenia | Yemen | 10 | ||||||
Total | 756 | 7 | 285 |
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