The new avi is comingón, the project of Airbus A350F begins to take shape and the first orders continue to arrive.
A new avión competitor joins the loadéarea and Airbus wants a bigger piece of the global cargo pie largely dominated by Boeing.
For the prówe moan 20 años, it is expected that at least a thousand new planes of cargo are needed in the world, which opens the possibility of a large market for Airbus.
Así to beá the new Airbus A350F
The Airbus A350F is based on the aircraftón lílong-range derámodern world, the A350.
The aircraft countá with a large cargo door in the main fuselage and an aircraft length optimized for cargo operations.
Más of the 70% of the grandfather structureón isá made of advanced materials, resulting in a takeoff weight 30 tons más light, which generates a fuel consumption of at least one 20% smaller than its competitorás current close.
With a load capacity úto them 109 tons (+3t of load úto / 11% más volume than its competition), the A350F serves all cargo markets (Express, overall cargo, special cargo and others) there isá in the categoryíof large freighters, and it is the único avióa new generation freighterón ready for improved CO emissions standards ₂ ICAO's 2027.
The official launch of the project was knownó sayén in July of this toñor and since then, Airbus has achieved the following orders:
- 7 orders by Air Lease Corporation as launch customer.
- 4 orders within a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by the airlineínea CMA CGM Group, líworld leader in transportation and logístic.
¿CóHow the Airbus A350F compares to the competition?
Safe in the prónext weeks we will know más details téA350F conical parts of the shared máit arrives, but it is undoubtedly appropriate to compare them with their competitors in the cargo segment to be able to analyze the potential éproject success, where its main advantage will beá fuel savings and operating expenses:
| Aircraft | Load | Independentía |
| Airbus A300-600F | 48,000 kg (106,000 lb) | 7,400 km (4,000 nmi) |
| Airbus A330-200F | 70,000 kg (154,000 lb) | 7,400 km (4,000 nmi) |
| Airbus A380 | 68,000 kg (150,000 lb) | 13,300 km (4,000 nmi) |
| Airbus Beluga | 47,000 kg (104,000 lb) | 4,632 km (2,500 nmi) |
| Airbus Beluga XL | 53,000 kg (117,000 lb) | 4,074 km (2,200 nmi) |
| Antonov An-124 | 150,000 kg (331,000 lb) | 5,400 km (2,900 nmi) |
| Antonov An-225 | 250,000 kg (551,000 lb) | 15,400 km (8,316 nmi) |
| Boeing 757-200F | 39,780 kg (87,700 lb) | 5,834 km (3,150 nmi) |
| Boeing 747-8F | 134,200 kg (295,900 lb) | 8,288 km (4,475 nmi) |
| Boeing 747 LCF | 83,325 kg (183,700 lb) | 7,800 km (4,200 nmi) |
| Boeing 767-300F | 52,700 kg (116,200 lb) | 6,025 km (3,225 nmi) |
| Boeing 777F | 103,000 kg (227,000 lb) | 9,070 km (4,900 nmi) |
| Douglas DC-10-30 | 77,000 kg (170,000 lb) | 5,790 km (3,127 nmi) |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-11 | 91,670 kg (202,100 lb) | 7,320 km (15,950 nmi) |
Source table Wiki.
It's interesting it's been a while since a passenger jet freighter was created and I think it was time to modernize a bit more and I think it would be a good competition for the possible 777X freighter in which Boeing is also interested in building the Competition between the two will be tough but it's nice how the skies are more adorned with new models and the highest technology. thanks for the post, is very complete.
Good point, with the 777X the competition would be very strong.