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 (63), Qatar Airways (53), Cathay Pacific (42), Delta Air Lines (30), Air China (27), Thai Airways International (22) and Lufthansa (21).
Legend | Notes |
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* | Current |
* | Former |
Orders |
Airline | Country | Photo | 900 | 900ULR | 1000 | Freighter | A350 family in fleet | Notes | |
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Aeroflot | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | 7 | No longer supported by Airbus as an effect of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||||
Afriqiyah Airways | ![]() | 10 | |||||||
Air Caraïbes | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 | First operator in France. | |||
Air China | ![]() | ![]() | 30 | 30 | |||||
Air France | ![]() | ![]() | 28 | 4 | 28 | ||||
Air India | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | 20 | 6 | 14 A350-1000 orders were converted into A350-900, deliveries and introduction in service began in 2024. | |||
Air Mauritius | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 3 more to be delivered between 2025 and 2026 | ||||
Asiana Airlines | ![]() | ![]() | 15 | 1 | 15 | ||||
Azul Brazilian Airlines | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | Replaced by the Airbus A330neo [2] [3] | |||||
Biman Bangladesh Airlines | ![]() | 10 | |||||||
British Airways | ![]() | ![]() | 18 | 18 | |||||
Cathay Pacific | ![]() | ![]() | 30 | 18 | 6 | 48 | |||
China Airlines | ![]() | ![]() | 15 | 15 | |||||
China Eastern Airlines | ![]() | ![]() | 20 | 20 | |||||
China Southern Airlines | ![]() | ![]() | 20 | 20 | |||||
CMA CGM Air Cargo | ![]() | 4 | To be delivered by 2025 | ||||||
Corendon Dutch Airlines | ![]() | 1 | 1 | Leased from World2Fly | |||||
Delta Air Lines | ![]() | ![]() | 30 | 20 | 30 | First operator in North America | |||
Edelweiss Air | ![]() | 6 | To be delivered by 2025 | ||||||
Egyptair | ![]() | 10 | To be delivered by 2025 | ||||||
Emirates | ![]() | 65 | To be delivered by 2024 | ||||||
Ethiopian Airlines | ![]() | ![]() | 20 | 4 | 20 | A350-1000 orders were converted from A350-900. First operator in Africa. | |||
Etihad Airways | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
Evelop Airlines | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | Renamed to Iberojet in 2021 | |||||
EVA Air | ![]() | 18 | |||||||
Fiji Airways | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | 4 | First operator in south pacific | ||||
Finnair | ![]() | ![]() | 17 | 17 | First operator in Europe | ||||
French Bee | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||
Hainan Airlines | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | ||||||
Hong Kong Airlines | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | ||||||
Iberia | ![]() | ![]() | 21 | 18 | |||||
Iberojet | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 2 | |||||
ITA Airways | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | 6 | |||||
IndiGo | ![]() | 30 | To be delivered by 2027 and bought rights to buy 70 more 350's | ||||||
Japan Airlines | ![]() | ![]() | 15 | 2 | 17 | 1 of 16 A350-900 (JA13XJ) written off after a collision with another aircraft at Tokyo Haneda Airport [4] | |||
Korean Air | ![]() | 6 | 27 | ||||||
Kuwait Airways | ![]() | 2 | |||||||
LATAM Brasil | ![]() | ![]() | 13 | Retired early due to the COVID-19 pandemic [5] | |||||
Libyan Airlines | ![]() | 6 | |||||||
Lufthansa | ![]() | ![]() | 21 | 10 | 21 | ||||
Malaysia Airlines | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | 7 | |||||
Martinair | ![]() | 4 | To be delivered by 2026 | ||||||
Philippine Airlines | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 9 | 2 | A350-1000 to be delivered by 2025 through 2027 | |||
Qantas | ![]() | 24 | 12 to be delivered by 2025 for Project Sunrise. Further 12 to be delivered by 2028. | ||||||
Qatar Airways | ![]() | ![]() | 34 | 24 | 58 | Launch customer of the A350-900 and A350-1000. | |||
Really Cool Airlines | ![]() | 4 | |||||||
Scandinavian Airlines | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | 4 | 4 | |||||
Sichuan Airlines | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | 4 | |||||
Silk Way West Airlines | ![]() | 2 | To be delivered by 2027 | ||||||
Singapore Airlines | ![]() | ![]() | 56 [6] | 7 [6] | 7 | 63 | Launch customer of A350-900ULR and Freighter Largest A350 operator. Only airline operating the -900ULR variant. | ||
South African Airways | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | Leased from Air Mauritius and Avolon | |||||
Starlux Airlines | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | 8 | 5 | ||||
Swiss International Air Lines | ![]() | 5 | To be delivered by 2025 | ||||||
TAM Linhas Aéreas | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | Rebranded to LATAM Brasil in 2016. First operator in the Americas. | |||||
Thai Airways International | ![]() | ![]() | 22 | 22 | Ordering 9 more A350-900. | ||||
Turkish Airlines | ![]() | ![]() | 16 | 15 | 16 | ||||
United Airlines | ![]() | 45 | To be delivered. | ||||||
Vietnam Airlines | ![]() | | 14 | 14 | |||||
Virgin Atlantic | ![]() | ![]() | 10 | 10 | |||||
World2Fly | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 3 | |||||
Yemenia | ![]() | 10 | |||||||
Total | 746 | 7 | 243 | ||||||
Malaysia Airlines Berhad, branded and operating as Malaysia Airlines, is the flag carrier of Malaysia. The airline is headquartered at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Malaysia Airlines flies to destinations across Europe, Oceania and Asia from its main hub at Kuala Lumpur International Airport as well as a secondary hub at Kota Kinabalu International Airport. Malaysia Airlines Berhad is formerly known as Malaysian Airline System.
LATAM Airlines Brasil, formerly TAM Linhas Aéreas, is the Brazilian brand of LATAM Airlines Group operating international and domestic flights from hubs in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Brasília. According to the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC), between January and December 2019, LATAM had 34.7% of the domestic, and 20.9% of the international market share in terms of passenger-kilometers flown, making it the second largest domestic and largest international airline in Brazil.
Air Mauritius is the flag carrier airline of Mauritius. The airline is headquartered in Port Louis, Mauritius, with its hub at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport.
Singapore Airlines is the flag carrier of Singapore with its hub located at Changi Airport. A member of Star Alliance, the airline is notable for highlighting the Singapore Girl as its central figure in the corporate branding segment and not significantly changing its livery throughout its history. Widely renowned as one of the world's best carriers, the airline is ranked as a 5-star airline as well as ranked as the world's best airline by Skytrax five times. The airline operates a variety of Airbus and Boeing aircraft, namely the A350, A380, Boeing 737, Boeing 747 Freighter, Boeing 777 and Boeing 787, among others.
Qatar Airways Company Q.C.S.C., operating as Qatar Airways, is the flag carrier of Qatar. Headquartered in the Qatar Airways Tower in Doha, the airline operates a hub-and-spoke network, flying to over 170 international destinations across five continents from its base at Hamad International Airport. The airline currently operates a fleet of more than 200 aircraft. Qatar Airways Group employs more than 43,000 people. The carrier has been a member of the Oneworld alliance since October 2013, and the official company slogan has been "Going Places Together" since 2015.
Bangkok Airways plc is a regional airline based in Bangkok, Thailand. It operates scheduled services to destinations in Thailand, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Laos, Maldives, Myanmar, Singapore, and Vietnam. Its main base is Suvarnabhumi Airport.
Fiji Airways is the flag carrier of Fiji. It operates international services from its hubs in Fiji to 27 destinations, and has an extended network of 108 international destinations through its codeshare partners, including Qantas, who also own a stake in the airline.
The Airbus A350 is a long-range, wide-body twin-engine airliner developed and produced by Airbus. The initial A350 design proposed by Airbus in 2004, in response to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, would have been a development of the Airbus A330 with composite wings and new engines. Due to inadequate market support, Airbus switched in 2006 to a clean-sheet "XWB" design, powered by two Rolls-Royce Trent XWB high bypass turbofan engines. The prototype first flew on 14 June 2013 from Toulouse, France. Type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) was obtained in September 2014, followed by certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) two months later.
Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S/A is a Brazilian airline headquartered in Barueri, a suburb of São Paulo. The company's business model is to stimulate demand by providing frequent and affordable air service to underserved markets throughout Brazil. The company was named Azul after a naming contest in 2008, where "Samba" was the other popular name. Azul is a publicly traded company on the Brazilian stock exchange, with the ticker AZUL4. It was established on 5 May 2008 by Brazilian-born David Neeleman, with a fleet of 76 Embraer 195 jets. The airline began service on 15 December 2008.
As of June 2024, the Delta Air Lines fleet consists of 991 mainline aircraft, making it the largest commercial airline fleet in the world. Delta Air Lines operates a fleet manufactured by Airbus and Boeing.
TAP Air Portugal is the flag carrier of Portugal, headquartered at Lisbon Airport which also serves as its hub. TAP – Transportes Aéreos Portugueses – has been a member of the Star Alliance since 2005 and operates on average 2,500 flights a week to 90 destinations in 34 countries worldwide. As of May 2019 the company has a fleet of 100 aircraft, all of which are manufactured by Airbus with the exception of 19 aircraft manufactured by Embraer, operating on behalf of the regional airline TAP Express.
The Airbus A330neo is a wide-body airliner developed by Airbus from the original Airbus A330. A new version with modern engines comparable with those developed for the Boeing 787 was called for by operators of the A330ceo. It was launched on 14 July 2014 at the Farnborough Airshow, promising 14% better fuel economy per seat. It is exclusively powered by the Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 which has double the bypass ratio of its predecessor.
Qantas operates a fleet of Airbus A330, Airbus A380, Boeing 737 and Boeing 787 making a total of 125 aircraft. This list excludes subsidiaries Jetstar, QantasLink and Qantas Freight.
British Airways operates a fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft. It operates a single-aisle fleet of Airbus aircraft, including the Airbus A320-200 and the Airbus A320neo. It also operates a twin-aisle aircraft fleet of the Airbus A350-1000, Airbus A380, Boeing 777 and 787.
Thai Airways International operates a fleet of wide-body and narrow-body aircraft from Airbus and Boeing.
Italia Trasporto Aereo S.p.A., dba ITA Airways, is the flag carrier of Italy. It is owned by the Government of Italy via the Ministry of Economy and Finance and was founded in 2020 as bankrupt Alitalia's successor. The airline flies to over 70 scheduled domestic, European, and intercontinental destinations. ITA is a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance. Its main hub is Rome Fiumicino Airport near Rome and focus city is Linate Airport near Milan. ITA Airways will leave SkyTeam and join the Star Alliance as part of the process of its acquisition by Lufthansa.
Qatar Airways operates a fleet of both narrow body and widebody aircraft, using the Airbus A320, Airbus A330, Airbus A350, Airbus A380, Boeing 737 MAX, Boeing 777, and Boeing 787 Dreamliner, totaling 253 aircraft.