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Daily Financial Times
Daily Financial Times
Airbus A350 freighters Singapore Airlines has signed a Letter of Intent with Airbus to purchase seven A350F freighter aircraft, with options to order another five. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in Q4 2025, when SIA will become the first airline to operate this new generation widebody freighter aircraft. The agreement includes a swap with 15 A320neo and two A350-900 passenger aircraft that are in the SIA Group order book. The A350F can carry a similar volume of cargo as the Boeing 747-400F, which it will replace in the SIA fleet. The A350F, powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engines, burns…