WalterFaber wrote:JerseyFlyer wrote:Potential A330 and A321 new-builds are on the horizon:
"Airbus is giving fresh indications that it is prepared to significantly broaden its freighter offering and fight much harder for a share in a market so far dominated by Boeing. “We are looking at new-built A321neo and A330neo freighters,” "
https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/ ... r-offering
Meanwhile, FedEx is impressed by the A350F:
"The A350 is “a hell of a plane,” Smith said. Airbus “has briefed us on it over and over. It’s definitely a wonderful plane, it’s definitely something FedEx would consider in the future.”
The 777-8F is about the same size as the 777-300ER. Smith said FedEx will have a “significant interest” in all the planes. “As to which one we’ll end up getting…. The A350 is extremely efficient because it has a composite fuselage. The Boeing airplane has a great benefit because there is a lot of stuff that’s common to the 777F. The big issue with that airplane is that it is mainly a 787 cockpit. Could you get mixed fleet flying?”"
https://leehamnews.com/2022/09/20/boein ... and-nma-f/
An A330NEO F would ve interesting. To what extent would it compete with the A350F?
I don't believe an A320NEO F factory freighter will happen soon. Airbus is busy enough with passenger orders at the moment, and struggles tobramp up production. Mid 2020s launch for late 2020s EIS is plausible though.
251T MTOW vs 319T MTOW, quite a different class