{"id":180754,"date":"2025-01-09T15:02:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T15:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/?p=180754"},"modified":"2025-01-09T15:13:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T15:13:54","slug":"starlux-airlines-places-second-a350f-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/cargo\/cargo-news\/starlux-airlines-places-second-a350f-order\/","title":{"rendered":"STARLUX Airlines places another order for five A350Fs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">STARLUX Airlines has placed a firm order for five more Airbus A350F freighters, doubling the Taiwan-based airline&#8217;s initial order in 2024 for five of the all-new cargo aircraft.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The\u00a0A350F fleet will be operated by STARLUX Cargo on some of the world\u2019s busiest freight routes.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">STARLUX chief executive Glenn Chai, said: &#8220;The cargo market is set to become a key element in our business model and will benefit from the advantages offered by Taiwan\u2019s geographical location. The A350F is the perfect choice for STARLUX, offering a similar payload-range capability as previous generation freighters, but with very significant reductions in fuel consumption and carbon emissions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Beno\u00eet de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry, Airbus executive vice president of sales commercial aircraft, said: &#8220;The A350F will fit seamlessly into the carrier\u2019s latest generation all-Airbus fleet which offers unrivalled levels of technical and operational commonality. This second order from this fast-growing airline is another endorsement of the all-new A350F as the future game-changer in heavy lift markets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Currently under development, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airbus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Airbus<\/a> says the A350F can carry a payload of up to 111 tonnes and can fly up to 8,700 kilometres. Powered by the latest Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engines, the aircraft will bring a reduction in fuel consumption and carbon emissions of up to 40% when compared to previous generation aircraft with a similar payload-range capability.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The A350F features the largest main deck cargo door in the industry, with fuselage length and capacity optimised around the industry\u2019s standard pallets and containers. Over 70% of the airframe is made of advanced materials, resulting in a 46-tonne lighter take-off weight than the competing derivative.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The A350F is also the only freighter aircraft that will fully meet ICAO\u2019s enhanced CO2 emissions standards, coming into effect in 2027.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>READ MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/cabin\/air-india-extends-airbus-order-by-a-further-100-aircraft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Air India extends Airbus order by a further 100 aircraft<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">STARLUX Airlines has placed a firm order for five more Airbus A350F freighters, doubling the Taiwan-based airline&#8217;s initial order in 2024 for five of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":180755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,18,265,1131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aircraft-airlines","category-cargo","category-cargo-news","category-industry-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>STARLUX Airlines places another order for five A350Fs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"STARLUX has placed a firm order for five more Airbus A350Fs that will be operated on some of the world\u2019s busiest freight routes.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/cargo\/cargo-news\/starlux-airlines-places-second-a350f-order\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"STARLUX Airlines places another order for five A350Fs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"STARLUX has placed a firm order for five more Airbus A350Fs that will be operated on some of the world\u2019s busiest freight routes.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/cargo\/cargo-news\/starlux-airlines-places-second-a350f-order\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Aviation Business News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-09T15:02:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-09T15:13:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/resources\/uploads\/2025\/01\/resized-for-web-starlux-credit-airbus.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"924\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Craig Waters\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Craig Waters\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"NewsArticle\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/cargo\/cargo-news\/starlux-airlines-places-second-a350f-order\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/cargo\/cargo-news\/starlux-airlines-places-second-a350f-order\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Craig Waters\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cc8864934f2f28b34825934679c0a383\"},\"headline\":\"STARLUX Airlines places another order for five A350Fs\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-09T15:02:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-09T15:13:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/cargo\/cargo-news\/starlux-airlines-places-second-a350f-order\/\"},\"wordCount\":316,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/cargo\/cargo-news\/starlux-airlines-places-second-a350f-order\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/resources\/uploads\/2025\/01\/resized-for-web-starlux-credit-airbus.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Aircraft &amp; 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