First Airbus A350-1000 wing goes into production in North Wales

Airbus has begun the assembly process on the wings for the first Airbus A350-1000 in Broughton, North Wales. The A350-1000 wing has the same span of the A350-900 that is already in service, but 90% of the parts have been modified and the trailing edge has been extended to resize the wing for the additional payload and range.

Most of the A350 XWB's wing is comprised of carbon-fiber composites, including its upper and lower covers. At 32 × 6 m, Airbus says the wing is the largest single part made from composites in use in civil aviation today.