Bangladesh, Sept. 30 -- Airbus has successfully conducted the first flight of its A350F freighter, marking the start of a flight test campaign that is expected to last more than nine months.

In an official statement, the European planemaker said the first of two test aircraft, MSN 700, took off from Toulouse in France on September 29. Equipped with special flight test instrumentation, the aircraft flew for 4 hours 10 minutes and reached an altitude of 25,000 feet. Autos& Vehicles

A dedicated Airbus Flight Test crew operated the flight. During the inaugural flight, the team verified basic airworthiness and fundamental flying qualities and confirmed that basic systems performed as predicted.

Lars Wagner, CEO of Airbus Commercial Aircraf...