Aviation News The first Airbus A350-900 wide-body airliner of China Taiwan Xingyu Airlines was officially delivered in Toulouse, France at 12 noon local time on October 28, with the fuselage number B-58501. Zhang Guowei, chairman of Xingyu Airlines, and Zhai Jianhua, CEO, led a team to the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, France, and co-chaired the handover ceremony with Philippe Mhun, Senior Vice President of Airbus Customer Service, and Christophe Molus, Senior Vice President of Rolls Royce.
The plane was driven back to Taiwan by Zhang Guowei at 19:00 on October 28th, local time. It was originally expected to arrive at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport at 15:30 on October 29th, Beijing time. Airport . After the plane landed, Taoyuan Airport Company specially dispatched two fire trucks to perform a water sprinkling ceremony symbolizing good luck for the new plane, and then it was towed by a trailer to park in front of the maintenance shed of Xingyu Airlines.
In order to go to Airbus to take back the first A350 passenger plane of Starspace Airlines, Zhang Guowei has undergone aircraft transfer training since June this year, and went to Singapore in early October to obtain a certificate and successfully obtained the flight permit of the original Airbus A350 . Zhang Guowei previously flew Boeing 777 and Airbus A321 aircraft.
In order to show the momentum of the fleet, Xingyu Airlines cooperated with a professional team and went to Toulouse, France to shoot a 3-machine formation flight. Zhang Guowei personally drove the A350 into the air and gathered in the air with A321neo and A330neo, leaving a majestic picture.
Zhang Guowei led the crew to take a group photo in front of the new plane after getting off the plane at Taoyuan Airport. Operations will help a lot.
Zhang Guowei said that with the arrival of the new A350 aircraft, the service destinations of Xingyu Airlines will have a breakthrough development starting from 2023, and its aviation network will expand from Asian regional routes to North America.
A350 is the most advanced long-range wide-body passenger aircraft of Airbus. More than 70% of the airframe adopts the most advanced carbon fiber and titanium alloy composite materials, which can greatly reduce the weight of the aircraft. The new wing design can improve the overall flight performance of the aircraft and provide Pilots create the best flight system and interface, with Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine. Trent XWB is built with the best technology and materials. It is currently the most efficient large aircraft engine in the industry, which can reduce fuel consumption and carbon by 25% overall. emissions.
According to aviation circles, Zhang Guowei is a well-known civil aviation person in Taiwan. He used to be the general manager and chairman of EVA Air . He personally piloted the Boeing 777 airliner when he was in Rong Aviation. At the beginning of 2016, his father, Zhang Rongfa, the founder of Evergreen Group , passed away. Zhang Rongfa’s original will designated his youngest son (the only son of his second wife), Zhang Guowei, chairman of EVA Air, to succeed the president of the group and everything under Zhang Rongfa’s name, but he has different fathers His mother's three elder brothers strongly opposed it, and finally Zhang Guowei sadly left EVA and EVA Air. Subsequently, Zhang Guowei founded Xingyu Airlines by himself. In 2019, Zhang Guowei successfully obtained the Airbus A321 license, and in October 2019 he went to Germany to fly Xingyu Airlines' first aircraft, an A321Neo, back to Taiwan.
Zhang Guowei once said that he will strive to build Starstar Airlines into "the best airline in the world". Xingyu Airlines plans to plan a fleet size of 39 aircraft, except for 13 Airbus A321neo already in the army, will also receive 18 Airbus A350s (10 A350-900s, 8 A350-1000s) and 8 A330neos in succession. With the arrival of the first A350 of Xingyu Airlines in Taiwan, the A350-900 is expected to complete the verification and go online in January 2023. It will initially fly to Southeast Asian routes, and it is planned to officially fly to Los Angeles, USA in April 2023.