{"id":21126882,"date":"2026-09-08T15:29:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/airbus-a350f-eight-more-orders-first-flight-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T15:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:30:20","slug":"airbus-a350f-eight-more-orders-first-flight-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/airbus-a350f-eight-more-orders-first-flight-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"A350F: Airbus Books Eight More as First Flight Nears"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n\r\n<p>Buried in Airbus&rsquo;s monthly order tally, published Monday, is a line for eight A350F freighters. The deal was firmed on 31 August. The customer is not named.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>It takes firm orders for the aircraft to 115, and it lands about two weeks before the A350F is due to fly for the first time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Airbus is targeting the third week of September for the maiden flight from Toulouse-Blagnac, with 24 September the date most often cited. A technical snag or bad weather could push it into early October, which is entirely normal for a first flight and worth remembering before anyone calls it a delay.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px 24px;margin:24px 0;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:17px;color:#0d1117\">Quick Facts<\/p><table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px;line-height:1.6\"><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 14px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>New order<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#222\">8 A350Fs, firmed 31 August 2026, customer undisclosed<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 14px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Firm order book<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#222\">115 aircraft<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 14px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>First flight<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#222\">Targeted around 24 September 2026 from Toulouse-Blagnac<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 14px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Roll-out<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#222\">19 August 2026, in a &ldquo;flying parcel&rdquo; test livery<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 14px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>First delivery<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#222\">Targeted late 2027<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 14px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Payload<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#222\">Up to 111 tonnes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 14px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Range<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#222\">4,700 nautical miles (8,700 km)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 14px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Engines<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#222\">Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 14px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Cargo door<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#222\">4.5 m cut-out, 4.3 m by 3.15 m clear opening, largest in the industry<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 14px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Emissions<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#222\">Airbus says it is the only freighter fully meeting ICAO&rsquo;s 2027 CO2 standard<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A door big enough to be the story<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Freighters are not sold on cruise speed. They are sold on what fits through the hole in the side, and on what it costs to carry it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The A350F&rsquo;s main deck cargo door is cut from a 4.5-metre aperture and gives a clear opening 4.3 metres wide. Airbus says that makes it the largest main-deck door in commercial aviation, about 15 percent wider than those on competing large widebody freighters. It is a seven-frame-bay structure occupying roughly a quarter of the rear fuselage, built in carbon fibre at Illescas in Spain, and it is a working structural component rather than a hatch: it has to absorb flight torsion across temperatures from minus 45 to plus 55 Celsius.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The mechanism is fully electric rather than hydraulic. The door opens or closes in about a minute and is certified to operate safely in winds up to 40 knots.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;This scale allows for the seamless, one-go entry of ultra-large items such as turbofan engines. What traditionally takes around an hour for aircraft with smaller openings can now be loaded in a matter of minutes.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Airbus<\/strong> &mdash; A350F programme material, May 2026<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>Its position in the aft fuselage is deliberate too. Loading from the rear forward keeps the centre of gravity where it should be as pallets go in.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/boeing-777f-freighter-ethiopian-cargo.jpg\" alt=\"An Ethiopian Cargo Boeing 777F freighter on the ground at London Heathrow\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The incumbent: a Boeing 777F in Ethiopian Cargo colours. The A350F is aimed squarely at this segment, with Boeing answering through the 777-8F. Photo: Wikimedia Commons \/ CC BY-SA 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The regulatory clock is the sales pitch<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The commercially decisive claim Airbus makes has nothing to do with the door. It is that the A350F is the only freighter fully meeting ICAO&rsquo;s 2027 carbon dioxide emissions standard.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Cargo fleets are long-lived and capital-intensive. An operator ordering today expects to still be flying the airframe in the 2040s, so an aircraft that complies with the standard from the outset is a materially different proposition to one that needs an accommodation. Airbus builds the A350F from over 70 percent advanced materials, which it says leaves the aircraft around 35 tonnes lighter empty than other large widebody freighters, and claims up to a 40 percent reduction in fuel burn and emissions against cargo aircraft currently in service. It will be cleared for up to 50 percent sustainable aviation fuel at entry into service.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Boeing&rsquo;s answer in the same class is the 777-8F.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GlhbDhRCOxM\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#777;text-align:center;font-style:italic;margin-top:-8px\">Airbus&rsquo;s own introduction to the A350F and the case it is making to cargo operators.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Who is actually buying it<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The largest customer so far is Atlas Air, which <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/atlas-air-airbus-a350f-freighter-order-20-firm-7-billion\/\">committed to 20 firm aircraft<\/a> in a deal valued at around $7 billion, with deliveries running from 2029. Air China Cargo increased its order to 10 aircraft in May. Etihad has ordered seven. And now eight more have been firmed for a customer nobody has named.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The wider Airbus picture is less tidy. The same monthly release showed 57 aircraft delivered in August and 475 for the year to date, up around nine percent on the same point last year, but still well short of the pace needed to reach the roughly 870 deliveries Airbus is targeting for 2026.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Against that, the A350F schedule has very little slack. Flight-test campaigns for a new widebody typically run twelve to fifteen months. A first flight in late September puts a late-2027 delivery within reach, and not much more than that. Somebody signed for eight of them anyway.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"mfq\"><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"qa\"><details open><summary>When will the Airbus A350F make its first flight?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Airbus is targeting the third week of September 2026, with 24 September the date most commonly cited, flying from Toulouse-Blagnac. The flight could slip into early October if technical issues or weather intervene.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How many A350F orders does Airbus have?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Firm orders stand at 115 aircraft, following a deal for eight more firmed on 31 August 2026 and disclosed in the manufacturer&rsquo;s monthly order and delivery figures published on 7 September. Airbus did not name the customer for the latest eight.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How big is the A350F cargo door?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The main deck cargo door is cut from a 4.5-metre aperture and provides a clear opening 4.3 metres wide by 3.15 metres high. Airbus describes it as the largest main-deck cargo door in commercial aviation, roughly 15 percent wider than those on competing large widebody freighters, and says it can be fully opened or closed in about a minute.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How much can the Airbus A350F carry and how far?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The A350F has a payload capability of up to 111 tonnes and a range of 4,700 nautical miles, or 8,700 kilometres. It is powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engines and is built from over 70 percent advanced materials, which Airbus says makes it around 35 tonnes lighter empty than other large widebody freighters.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>What aircraft does the A350F compete against?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">It targets the large twin-engine freighter market currently served by the Boeing 777F, with Boeing&rsquo;s newer answer being the 777-8F. Airbus argues its decisive advantage is that the A350F is the only freighter fully meeting ICAO&rsquo;s 2027 carbon dioxide emissions standard.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Who has ordered the A350F?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Atlas Air is the largest customer with 20 firm aircraft in a deal worth around $7 billion, with deliveries from 2029. Air China Cargo raised its order to 10 aircraft in May 2026 and Etihad Airways has ordered seven. A further eight were firmed on 31 August 2026 for an undisclosed customer.<\/div><\/details><\/div><\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"When will the Airbus A350F make its first flight?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Airbus is targeting the third week of September 2026, with 24 September the date most commonly cited, flying from Toulouse-Blagnac. 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