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Airbus aims A350 Freighters in the skies within 2025

Airbus is actively pitching a freighter variant of the A350 to cargo operators, and would launch the new production freighter program.

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In recent months, sales executives for the company, based in Toulouse, France, have approached cargo operators to gauge interest in a widebody freighter that would compete in a market currently dominated by Boeing. While Airbus has long been evaluating the launch of a freighter program based on the A330-900, the successor to the A330-300, the factory-built A350 freighter may be newly prioritized.

The Airbus would represent the company’s first move into factory-built production freighters in the large widebody segment since its unsuccessful attempt almost two decades ago to establish an A380 freighter program. The large widebody segment is commonly defined as consisting of aircraft able to ferry payloads of more than 80 tonnes. The company currently builds two passenger variants of the A350: the -900 and the larger A350-1000.

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Although Airbus could build either or both variants as a freighter, the larger A350-1000 is the likelier option, for its greater volumetric capacity. Estimated technical specifications position the 95-tonne payload A350-1000F as an alternative to the 777-200F and the 747-8F, Boeing’s active large widebody freighter programs.

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Eve and Kenya Airways’ Fahari Aviation sign agreement to scale Urban Air Mobility with an order of up to 40 eVTOLs to fly people and cargo

The agreement involves joint studies to develop and scale the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) market in Kenya and a business model for cargo drone operations

Melbourne, FL, June 21, 2022 – In March 2022, a subsidiary of Eve Holding, Inc. (“Eve”) (NYSE: EVEX; EVEXW) and Kenya Airways’ subsidiary, Fahari Aviation, signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for up to 40 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles. The agreement includes joint studies through a working group to develop and scale the UAM market and a business model for cargo drone operations in Kenya. The project is expected to start deliveries in 2026.

Eve’s eVTOL lift & cruise vehicle is electric-powered and the most practical design for efficiency and certifiability. Its multiple rotors are used to take off and land vertically, and at cruise altitude the rear propellers push the aircraft forward as in a wing-borne flight, providing a low-noise experience and making it easier to move within cities while avoiding traffic jams.

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“Urban air mobility is the future of transport and we are honoured to be the champions of this in the region. The journey to realise the dream of eVTOL vehicles in Kenya is on course, and the partnership with Eve is a key achievement for us as part of the strategy to adopt new technologies as a growth strategy for the sustainable development of Africa,” said Allan Kilavuka, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Kenya Airways.

“This is a new chapter of the Eve and Fahari Aviation partnership to strengthen both companies’ commitment to establishing the foundations that will sustainably support the ecosystem for urban air mobility in Kenya. Last year, we announced a collaboration to develop operational models for Fahari Aviation’s key markets, and today’s announcement confirms that it is evolving successfully,” said Andre Stein, co-CEO of Eve.