( CNN ) -- Airbus has showed off its new A350 XWB , rolling out its first flyable plane on Monday fresh from the paintshop in company livery . The aircraft is the first in a family of super efficient passenger planes Airbus designed to go head-to-head against rival Boeing 's 787 Dreamliner and 777s . `` XWB '' means `` extra wide body . '' There are three members in the A350 family : the A350-800 , the A350-900 and the A350-1000 , which seat 270 , 314 and 350 passengers respectively , in three-class seating . The largest of the three lightweight carbon-composite aircraft , the A350-1000 , is 73.88 meters long and has a range of approximately 8,400 nautical miles , or 15,600 kilometers . The catalog price is US $ 320.6 million . As of March 31 , there were 110 orders for the A350-1000 among a total of 616 orders from 34 customers . Most orders , 414 , have been for the A350-900 . The plane unveiled on Monday at Airbus HQ in Toulouse , France is the latest milestone in what has been a turbulent production history for the A350 . Critics have said the A350 program -- first launched in 2007 -- was a poorly-designed , hasty response to Boeing 's 787 . Dreamliner battery fix : Behind the scenes . `` The company , which was hip-deep in sorting out A380 development , simply had n't foreseen the huge pent-up demand for a more efficient 250-seat airliner , and tried to take the easy way out by offering a re-engined version of its A330 , '' aviation journalist David Kaminski-Morrow , air transport editor of Flightglobal.com , told CNN in an earlier report . Airbus reworked the design , configurations and technology to increase the plane 's range and efficiency . The unveiled plane , which Airbus have tagged `` MSN001 , '' will undergo final tests before its maiden flight expected in June . Airbus said it took less than a week to complete the aircraft painting . Last month , engines were installed , ground vibration tests and flight test instrumentation verification were completed . Read more : What does the A350 mean for travelers ?
A350 XWB is Airbus ' new family of super efficient aircraft . New plane will undergo more tests before maiden flight in summer . Comment: