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Aeroflot First A350 Delivered

Sam Chui·February 28, 2020

Aeroflot Russian Airlines has taken delivery of their first A350-900, becoming the launch operator of the latest generation of widebody aircraft in Eastern Europe and CIS.

a group of people in uniform standing in front of an airplane — Aeroflot A350

Aeroflot’s A350-900 features a distinctive new livery, embracing its almost 100 year heritage. I attended the delivery ceremony today. Let's check out their brand new A350.

Flight attendants dressed up in retro Aeroflot uniforms, dating back to the 1960s, during a unique ceremony with ballet dancing. The plane is named after famous Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky.

a group of women in uniform standing in front of an airplane — Aeroflot First A350-900 Delivery in Toulouse

a large airplane on a runway — Aeroflot A350-900 XWB VQ-BFY

a plane on the runway — Aeroflot A350-900 XWB VQ-BFY

a white airplane on a runway — Aeroflot A350-900 XWB VQ-BFY

a close up of a jet engine — Aeroflot A350-900 with Rolls Royce Trent XWB-84 engine

a group of women wearing red uniforms and standing in front of an airplane

Business Class Suite

Aeroflot’s A350-900 features a brand new and elegant cabin design. The aircraft has a spacious three-class cabin layout with 316 seats.

28 private Business Class suites with full-flat seats. All the seats have full enclosures, similar to Delta One or Qatar Airways QSuite on the A350.

a group of women in red uniforms — Aeroflot A350 Business Class Suite

an airplane with seats and desks — Aeroflot A350 Business Class Suite

Taking a deeper look, Aeroflot Business Class Suite is not exactly Qatar Airways QSuite as there are backward facing seats on QSuite. On Aeroflot all the suite are facing forward.

a seat in an airplane — Aeroflot A350 Business Class Suite

a bed with a tv on it — Aeroflot A350 Business Class Suite

a seat and a tv in the middle of an airplane — Aeroflot A350 Business Class Suite

a man sitting in a chair in an airplane — Aeroflot A350 Business Class Suite

a seat in a plane — Aeroflot A350 Business Class Suite

There are mini-bar inside storage, a very large 32" IFE, a shoe box and closet in every suite.

a small shelf with drinks and cans in it — Mini-Bar

In my views, this is definitely a huge step up from the current Business Class offering at Aeroflot. We have seen many airlines especially the one without First Class are pushing boundary with their latest Business Class. Obviously, a brand new A350 delivery should come with the best product.

Comfort Class (Premium Economy)

There are 28 Premium Economy seats in a 2-4-2 configuration.

a blue and white seats on an airplane — Aeroflot A350 Comfort Class

an airplane seats with blue and orange seats — Aeroflot A350 Comfort Class

Economy Class

264 economy class seats across 2 sections in a 3-3-3 configuration. The seat pitch is a standard 32".

rows of blue and orange seats — Aeroflot A350 Economy Class

rows of blue and orange chairs — Aeroflot A350 Economy Class

Aeroflot will operate its A350-900 from Moscow to a number of destinations including: London, New York, Miami, Osaka and Beijing. Aeroflot has a total of 14 A350-900 aircraft on order. The Russian airline plan to take delivery of 11 A350s in 2020.

Russian aviation regulator Rosaviatsiya has awarded a type certificate to Airbus' newest wide-body A350, thus approving its operation by Russian airlines, ahead of its service entry with the country's debut customer Aeroflot.

Aeroflot recently announced new flight to Singapore with A350