Emirates took delivery of its first Airbus A350 (registration A6-EXA), the first of 65 A350 aircraft to be delivered to the airline over the course of the next few years.

The aircraft will officially enter commercial service in January when it makes its debut flight to its first destination, Edinburgh, followed by 8 other destinations across the Middle East, West Asia and Europe.

Today is a media day at Dubai International Airport as Emirates opens its first A350-900 to journalists.

Richard Schuurman, a freelance aviation reporter for AirlinerWorld is on board, taking photos.

The first 15 A350 aircraft will seat 312 passengers. The remaining 50 A350s will be ultra-long range with 298 seats due to a crew rest area.

Emirates expects one more Airbus A350-900 this year plus three through late March.

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Airbus A350 has just completed a rejected takeoff test ahead of its upcoming first flight.

The first Airbus A350-941 aircraft (registration A6-EXA) for Emirates performed a RTO test with installed with its RR Trent XWB engines.

A rejected takeoff (RTO) or aborted takeoff is the situation in which the pilot decides to abort the takeoff of an airplane after initiating the takeoff roll but before the airplane leaves the ground.

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