This year marks 11 years since the Airbus A350 took to the skies for the first time. As stated by Airbus, with over 600 active examples across all variants and 40 operators worldwide, the A350 is making its mark in commercial aviation. Depending on the variant, the airliner competes with the Boeing 777 and 787 Dreamliner. In its early days in service, Airbus floated the idea of a further stretched version of the A350-1000.