French bee receives 1st A350-1000

French bee has taken delivery of its first of two A350-1000s on 16 December. The Airbus, leased from Air Lease Corporation, is registered F-HMIX (539) and was ferried from Toulouse to the airline's base at Paris-Orly. It entered commercial service on 18 December when it operated BF700 from Orly to Saint-Denis. The A350-1000 joins a fleet of four A350-900s.

The airline has outfitted its new A350-1000s with a total of 480 seats, which consists of 40 seats in Premium Class and 440 in Economy Class.

French bee is part of Groupe Dubreuil, which also owns Air Caraïbes. This airline operates three ATR72-600s as well as a fleet of three A330-200s, two A330-300s,  three A350-900s and three A350-900s.

Photo by Airbus.