The first Airbus A350, a long-range, twin-engine wide-body plane, is in the final stage of production in France. Vietnam Airlines is expected to receive the first one in mid-2015 and it will become the first airline firm in Asia and the second in the world to employ the Airbus A350 XWB.
Seats on Airbus A350 can be changed into bed
Although the aircraft is able to connect to the internet in flight via satellite, Vietnam Airlines has yet to decide whether they will activate function.
The A350 is made mostly of composite in order to save energy and protect the environment.
Airbus A350 being completed in France
Vietnam Airlines will receive 33 wide-body airliners over the next three years, including 19 Being B787 and 14 Airbus A350. Next year it will receive nine such planes.
