Cathay wants larger A350s

Cathay Pacific Airways has confirmed it is in talks with Airbus about the latter’s proposal for a larger version of the A350. Cathay already has 48 A350s on order, with the first of 22 325-seat A350-900s already delivered, along with 26 366-seat A350-1000s on order. Given that Cathay already has the A350-1000 on order to ply the Hong Kong Miami route, if the configuration was changed it is likely that any new A350 would have to concentrate on the same sort of configuration offering with a longer range, so not necessarily a larger aircraft. This means the ball is in