The articles at the links below are pretty typical of company press releases on projects like this, but they do provide a couple of data points for other testers. Looks like they plan to have five test articles flying for the lion's share of the test program. They also seem to think that they can go from maiden flight to certification and delivery in 16 months. I must admit that it's possible, but so is winning the lottery. The good news is that it is a derivative of an already-certificated airframe, so... guess we'll see.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-rt-us-airbus-a350-20131021,0,6590292.story
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_10_21_2013_p0-628702.xml
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