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Originally Posted by thewave46
Air Transat? Their A330s are getting long in the tooth, but the A350 is a decent step up in capacity and range. They're more capacity/range than I figure Air Transat would really benefit from, as they pack passengers into the A330 pretty densely and don't do much beyond Eastern Canada to Europe for range. I'd expect them to go A330neo or used A330 before going whole-hog on fancy A350s, but I've been wrong before.
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In range, yes, but capacity (at least for the A350-900), no.
The A350-900 and A330-300 both have the same exit limit capacity. 440 passengers (in fact, so does the 787-10). So it's a perfect replacement for the plane. If TS buys the A359, you can expect the same kind of seating config it has on the A333s. ~345-375 passengers, maybe slightly more, as the A359 enables 10 abreast seating.
Look at Air Caraibes. Similar shindig to TS, minus the narrowbody fleet, and they operate both the A330 and A350.
Considering TS is the only airline with an all-Airbus fleet in Canada, it is
the likely candidate for an A350 order at the moment.