“This maiden flight is a major milestone for the A350F and for our customers worldwide. As the latest development of our highly successful A350 platform, the A350F is a true game-changer for the air cargo market, combining unmatched operational flexibility, fuel efficiency, and range,” stated Lars Wagner, CEO Commercial Aircraft at Airbus. “I am immensely proud of the extraordinary dedication and hard work of all the teams who have made this achievement possible.”
Pilot Bernardo Saez-Benito, First Officer and Experimental Test Pilot Sylvain Guiraud, together with Test Flight Engineer Ludovic Girard. Lead Flight Test Engineers Laurent Bussiere and Jaime Angoloti were also onboard.
The A350F Program
The A350F is Airbus latest attempt to break Boeing’s stranglehold on the freighter market, where 9 out of 10 freighters are Boeing aircraft. The new factory-built A350F is the first freighter with a composite fuselage and wing, offering a lighter structure that provides more payload and range vis-à-vis prior-generation derivatives. Based on the A350-1000 passenger version of the A350, the A350F can accommodate 30 main-deck pallets and a payload of 111 tonnes over a range of 4,700 nautical miles.
Airbus successfully completed the first flight of the A350F freighter earlier today. The flight from Toulouse lasted 4 hours and 10 minutes and reached an altitude of 25,000 feet. The following screenshot shows the flight as tracked by FlightRadar24.
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