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Air Caraïbes Airbus A350-1041 F-HMIL by Herpa. This aircraft started its life as F-WXLV, a prototype until 2019 when it joined Air Caraïbes. It is currently stored in Bordeaux, France.

 

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Air Caraïbes Airbus A350-1041 F-HMIL by Herpa. This aircraft started its life as F-WXLV, a prototype until 2019 when it joined Air Caraïbes. It is currently stored in Bordeaux, France.
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Herpa took way too long to release an Air Caraibes plane.
By the way, this one being stored took me by surprise. I wonder if Air Caraibes is facing some overcapacity?

 

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Herpa took way too long to release an Air Caraibes plane.
By the way, this one being stored took me by surprise. I wonder if Air Caraibes is facing some overcapacity?

I think a lot of manufacturers, regardless of scale, take way too long to make French airlines that aren't Air France .
I too was surprised to know this aircraft was stored . But this exact aircraft went to Bordeaux, where it is currently stored, in 2019 to be reconfigured into a passenger plane before being delivered to Air Caraïbes. So it could be that it is currently being reconfigured.