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The new plane is coming, the project of Airbus A350F begins to take shape and the first orders continue to arrive.
A new competing aircraft joins the air cargo and Airbus wants a bigger piece of the global cargo pie largely dominated by Boeing.
for the next 20 years, 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.
This will be the new Airbus A350F
The Airbus A350F is based on the world's most modern long-range leading aircraft, the A350.
The aircraft will feature a large cargo door in the main fuselage and an aircraft length optimized for cargo operations.
more than 70% of the airframe is made of advanced materials, resulting in a takeoff weight 30 tons lighter, which generates a fuel consumption of at least one 20% less than its current closest competitor.
With a payload capacity of 109 tons (+3t of payload / 11% more volume than its competition), the A350F serves all cargo markets (Express, overall cargo, special cargo and others) and it is in the category of large freighters, and is the only next-generation cargo aircraft ready for ICAO's enhanced CO₂ emission standards of 2027.
The official launch of the project was only known in July of this year 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 airline CMA CGM Group, world leader in transportation and logistics.
How does the Airbus A350F compare to the competition?
Surely in the coming weeks we will know more technical details of the A350F from those shared above, but it is undoubtedly appropriate to compare them with their competitors in the cargo segment in order to analyze the potential success of the project., where its main advantage will be fuel savings and operating expenses:
| Aircraft | Load | Autonomy |
| 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.
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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.