Airbus A350-1000 (A35K)
The Airbus A350-1000 is a twin-engined jet aircraft built by Airbus. It seats about 369 passengers, flies up to 16,100 km and spans 64.7 m. Its card in the Skydex collection is legendary. Skydex spotters have caught 24 different airframes of the Airbus A350-1000 so far, by 4 pilots.
Heard by the network
5 Skydex receivers (Derbyshire, Baden-Württemberg, Lower Saxony) have heard the Airbus A350-1000 — 125 different airframes, 6,015 sightings since 24 Aug 2026; last on 11 Nov 2026.
- Lee Hall — 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Derbyshire · run by @leehall — 107 airframes, 2234 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- Fips — 🇩🇪 Germany · Baden-Württemberg · run by @fips — 106 airframes, 1383 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- Braunschweig, Gartenstadt — 🇩🇪 Germany · Lower Saxony · run by @thatred — 105 airframes, 848 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- MilanKo [SVK] — 🇸🇰 Slovakia · near Košice · run by @milanko — 103 airframes, 1149 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- fr-wolfheze — 🇳🇱 Netherlands · near Arnhem · run by @youri-tromp — 102 airframes, 957 sightings, last 2026-11-10
Operators
- 🇶🇦 Qatar Airways (QTR) — 30 airframes
- 🇭🇰 Cathay Pacific (CPA) — 18 airframes
- 🇬🇧 British Airways (BAW) — 17 airframes
- 🇦🇪 Etihad Airways (ETD) — 13 airframes
- 🇬🇧 Virgin Atlantic (VIR) — 12 airframes
- 🇯🇵 Japan Airlines (JAL) — 11 airframes
- SJX (SJX) — 5 airframes
- 🇪🇹 Ethiopian Airlines (ETH) — 4 airframes
- FBU (FBU) — 4 airframes
- 🇺🇸 Airbus Industrie (AIB) — 3 airframes
- 🇵🇭 Philippine Airlines (PAL) — 3 airframes
- 🇫🇷 Air Caraibes (FWI) — 2 airframes
Distinct airframes per operator, from the callsigns our receivers hear (recorded since 7 Oct 2026) and from caught aircraft. The operator is the latest one heard, not an ownership history. Also heard: 1 private (not named), 2 without an operator callsign yet.
- ICAO type code
- A35K
- Manufacturer
- Airbus
- Engines
- 2 × jet
- Typical seats
- 369
- Range
- 16,100 km
- Wingspan
- 64.7 m
- Length
- 73.6 m
- Card rarity
- legendary
Spotted airframes
- G-VRNB · Airbus A350-1000 · Virgin Atlantic
- A7-ANI · Airbus A350-1000 · Qatar Airways
- A7-AND · Airbus A350-1000 · Qatar Airways
- A6-XWF · Airbus A350-1000 · Etihad Airways
- A6-XWB · Airbus A350-1000 · Etihad Airways
- A6-XWP · Airbus A350-1000 · Etihad Airways
- G-XWBE · Airbus A350-1000 · British Airways
- G-XWBH · Airbus A350-1000 · British Airways
- A7-ANL · Airbus A350-1000 · Qatar Airways
- A6-XWO · Airbus A350-1000 · Etihad Airways
- A7-ANG · Airbus A350-1000 · Qatar Airways
- A7-ANS · Airbus A350-1000 · Qatar Airways
- A7-AOA · Airbus A350-1000 · Qatar Airways
- G-VJAM · Airbus A350-1000 · Virgin Atlantic
- A7-ANO · Airbus A350-1000 · Qatar Airways
- G-XWBB · Airbus A350-1000 · British Airways
- G-XWBK · Airbus A350-1000 · British Airways
- G-XWBO · Airbus A350-1000 · British Airways
- G-VELJ · Airbus A350-1000 · Virgin Atlantic
- G-VTEA · Airbus A350-1000 · Virgin Atlantic
- G-XWBM · Airbus A350-1000 · British Airways
- G-VLUX · Airbus A350-1000 · Virgin Atlantic
- G-VLIB · Airbus A350-1000 · Virgin Atlantic
- G-VEVE · Airbus A350-1000 · Virgin Atlantic