{"id":185214,"date":"2025-07-25T16:27:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/?p=185214"},"modified":"2025-07-25T16:27:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:27:39","slug":"airbus-marks-progress-on-a350-freighter-with-stabiliser-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/cargo\/cargo-news\/airbus-marks-progress-on-a350-freighter-with-stabiliser-completion\/","title":{"rendered":"Airbus marks progress on A350 freighter with stabiliser completion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"344\">Airbus has completed production of the first horizontal stabiliser (HTP) for its new-generation A350 freighter (A350F), marking a key milestone in the aircraft\u2019s development timeline.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"346\" data-end=\"693\">Manufactured across Airbus facilities in Spain, the HTP involved component production at the C\u00e1diz site and final assembly and outfitting at the Getafe plant near Madrid.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"346\" data-end=\"693\">The component will be shipped in the coming weeks to the Airbus Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, where it will be integrated with the fuselage of the first test aircraft.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"695\" data-end=\"804\">The A350F programme includes two flight test aircraft, which are scheduled to enter testing in 2026 and 2027.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"806\" data-end=\"1057\">One of the notable features of the freighter variant is that its HTP is being manufactured on the same production line as the passenger A350. Airbus says this approach delivers both operational and industrial efficiencies across the twinjet programme.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1059\" data-end=\"1456\">\u201cThe A350F will offer a clean-sheet, specifically designed solution for air freight transport, bringing more efficiency and versatility to the cargo market,\u201d said Ricardo Rojas, president of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airbus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Airbus<\/a>\u2019 commercial aircraft business in Spain. \u201cWith more than 1,400 orders for the A350, including 66 A350Fs, Spain plays a key role in this programme that presents the future in air cargo transportation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1458\" data-end=\"1841\">Spain\u2019s contribution to the A350 and A350F goes beyond the HTP. The country is responsible for producing the aircraft\u2019s rear fuselage (section 19), lower wing covers and, for the A350F, the main deck cargo door &#8211; which Airbus claims is the largest in the industry. The composite-made door features a 4.3-metre opening to facilitate safer and quicker loading and unloading of freight.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1843\" data-end=\"2252\">Billed as the world\u2019s most advanced cargo aircraft, the A350F has been engineered to meet the evolving needs of air freight operators. It promises a 20% improvement in fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions over older in-service cargo aircraft. With a payload of up to 111 tonnes and a range of 8,700km, the A350F is expected to support long-haul operations with greater sustainability and operational flexibility.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1843\" data-end=\"2252\"><strong>READ MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/industry-news\/mtus-wagner-to-replace-scherer-as-airbus-commercial-chief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MTU\u2019s Wagner to replace Scherer as Airbus commercial chief<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"344\">Airbus has completed production of the first horizontal stabiliser (HTP) for its new-generation A350 freighter (A350F), marking a key milestone in the aircraft\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":185215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,18,265,1131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185214","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>Airbus marks progress on A350 freighter with stabiliser completion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The production of the A350F\u2019s first horizontal stabiliser (HTP) involved the Airbus plants in C\u00e1diz and Getafe.\" \/>\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\/airbus-marks-progress-on-a350-freighter-with-stabiliser-completion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Airbus marks progress on A350 freighter with stabiliser completion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The production of the A350F\u2019s first horizontal stabiliser (HTP) involved the Airbus plants in C\u00e1diz and Getafe.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/cargo\/cargo-news\/airbus-marks-progress-on-a350-freighter-with-stabiliser-completion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Aviation Business News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-25T15:27:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/resources\/uploads\/2025\/07\/resized-for-webcredit-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\/airbus-marks-progress-on-a350-freighter-with-stabiliser-completion\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/cargo\/cargo-news\/airbus-marks-progress-on-a350-freighter-with-stabiliser-completion\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Craig Waters\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cc8864934f2f28b34825934679c0a383\"},\"headline\":\"Airbus marks progress on A350 freighter with stabiliser completion\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-25T15:27:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-25T15:27:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/cargo\/cargo-news\/airbus-marks-progress-on-a350-freighter-with-stabiliser-completion\/\"},\"wordCount\":355,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/cargo\/cargo-news\/airbus-marks-progress-on-a350-freighter-with-stabiliser-completion\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/resources\/uploads\/2025\/07\/resized-for-webcredit-airbus.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Aircraft &amp; 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