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Airbus A350F freighter development

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Airbus has unveiled its first fully assembled and painted A350F ~~freighter, featuring~~ freighter in Toulouse, France. The aircraft features a unique ~~‘delivery box’ livery. The design was~~ livery designed to resemble a giant cardboard parcel, a concept selected from approximately 4,000 entries in a company ~~competition, combining two winning concepts to reflect~~ competition. Created by competition winners including Irish graphic designer John Feehan and Canadian teenagers Quinnten and Ellisten Iversen, the ‘delivery box’ design includes realistic details such as shipping labels, orange adhesive tape, and handling pictograms like ‘This Way Up’. The aircraft’s ~~purpose in the air~~ cargo ~~market.~~ door also bears the message ‘Open here for business’. The A350F is a dedicated freighter developed from the A350 passenger family, utilizing a shortened fuselage, a strengthened floor, and a large main-deck cargo door. It is designed to carry a maximum payload of approximately 111 tonnes using industry-standard pallets and containers. While Airbus officially states the maiden flight will occur before the end of 2026, ~~industry~~ the aircraft is currently being prepared for its first test flight next month. Industry sources suggest the manufacturer may target the third week of September or early October for ~~the first~~ this flight. ~~This would precede previous public guidance.~~ The company currently expects the first customer deliveries to take place in the second half of 2027.

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