The following is a list of current commercial operators of the Airbus A350.
There were 628 A350 aircraft in service with 44 operators as of December 17,2024 [update] . The largest operators are Singapore Airlines (65), Qatar Airways (58), Cathay Pacific (48), Air France (35), Delta Air Lines (33), Air China (30), Lufthansa (27), and Thai Airways International (23).
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 | ||||
Aerolíneas Estelar | Venezuela | 1 | 1 | Leased from Iberojet [1] | ||||
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 | 10 | 15 | A350-1000 to be delivered from 2029 [4] | |||
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 | 2 | Deliveries began in November 2024 | |||||
Ethiopian Airlines | Ethiopia | 20 | 2 | 22 | A350-1000 orders were converted from A350-900. First operator in Africa. | |||
Etihad Airways | United Arab Emirates | 5 | 10 | 5 | ||||
Evelop Airlines | Spain | 2 | Renamed to Iberojet in 2021 | |||||
EVA Air | Taiwan | 18 | ||||||
Fiji Airways | Fiji | 4 | 4 | First operator in the 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 A350s | |||||
Japan Airlines | Japan | 15 | 8 | 23 | 1 of 16 A350-900 (JA13XJ) written off after a collision with another aircraft at Tokyo Haneda Airport [5] | |||
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 [6] | |||||
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 [7] | 7 [7] | 7 | 65 | Launch customer of A350-900ULR and Freighter. Largest A350 operator. 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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