{"id":7040210,"date":"2026-08-17T03:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T03:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/airbus\/first-delivery-of-a350f-could-slip-to-2028-though-airbus-reaffirms-timeline\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T03:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T03:16:17","slug":"first-delivery-of-a350f-could-slip-to-2028-though-airbus-reaffirms-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7040210","title":{"rendered":"First Delivery of A350F Could Slip to 2028, Though Airbus Reaffirms Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Subscription required\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Scott Hamilton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aug. 11, 2026, \u00a9 Leeham News<\/strong>: The first delivery of the Airbus A350F could be slipping from late 2027 to 2028, <strong>LNA<\/strong> has learned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LNA<\/strong> first reported this likelihood of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leehamnews.com\/2025\/10\/22\/airbus-sticks-to-2027-eis-for-a350f\/\">later-than-expected delivery<\/a><\/strong> of the first A350F in October 2025. At the time, Airbus downplayed the possibility.<\/p>\n<p>Airbus is still sticking with its announced late-2027 delivery target.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can confirm that the A350F first flight will be later in 2026 with the first delivery in 2027\u2014no change in timeline,\u201d a spokesperson said in an email.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51002\" style=\"width: 2410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/leehamnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/A350F-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51002\" class=\"wp-image-51002 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/leehamnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/A350F-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1350\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-51002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>A rendering of the A350F, a purpose-built freighter designed by Airbus to compete with other large twinjets currently on the cargo market. Photo credit: Airbus <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On the company\u2019s second quarter earnings call, chief executive Guillaume Faury said that the first delivery is still targeted for end-2027\u2014but that goal was less than certain. \u201cWe expect the first flight before the end of this year, which means start of flight test immediately and a very dense flight test program, targeting certification and first delivery, ideally by end of next year. The\u2026delivery of aircraft in rather significant numbers [can be] as soon as 2028.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, <strong>LNA<\/strong> has contrary information, according to market sources and a customer announcement.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subscription required\u00a0 By Scott Hamilton Aug. 11, 2026, \u00a9 Leeham News: The first delivery of the Airbus A350F could be slipping from late 2027 to 2028, LNA has learned. LNA first reported this likelihood of later-than-expected delivery of the first A350F in October 2025. At the time, Airbus downplayed the possibility. Airbus is still sticking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7040211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12027],"tags":[45616,12585,202689,202690,529,202691,29284,165684,582,202692,13463],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-7040210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-airbus","tag-a350f","tag-airbus","tag-cathay-pacific-airways","tag-cmg","tag-delivery","tag-guillaume-faury","tag-reaffirms","tag-singapore-airlines","tag-slip","tag-thomas-topfer","tag-timeline"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>First Delivery of A350F Could Slip to 2028, Though Airbus Reaffirms Timeline - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7040210\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First Delivery of A350F Could Slip to 2028, Though Airbus Reaffirms Timeline - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Subscription required\u00a0 By Scott Hamilton Aug. 11, 2026, \u00a9 Leeham News: The first delivery of the Airbus A350F could be slipping from late 2027 to 2028, LNA has learned. 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