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Aircraft & Manufacturing

Airbus A350F Freighter Takes Off on Its First Flight, Starting a 400-Hour Race to 2027 Certification

Airbus's A350F freighter flew for the first time on September 29, a 4-hour-11-minute sortie from Toulouse that opens a compressed flight-test campaign toward 2027 deliveries and a direct challenge to Boeing's 777F and 777-8F.

1 October 2026 · 10 minRajkumar Agarwal

Aircraft & Manufacturing

Airbus rolls out the first A350F in 'flying parcel' livery, with a first flight penciled in for late September

The first Airbus A350F emerged from the Toulouse paint shop on 19 August wearing a fuselage-length parcel livery, with Airbus targeting a maiden flight around 24 September. A 107-aircraft backlog and a hardening ICAO emissions deadline both ride on the certification campaign that follows.

24 August 2026 · 9 minRajkumar Agarwal