A350-1000 Successful First Flight Marks New Chapter For Program

The Nov. 24 first flight of the Airbus A350-1000 marks the start of a flight test campaign and certification process that is scheduled to conclude before the end of 2017, with delivery of the first customer aircraft to Qatar Airways. The flight departed at 10:42 a.m. local time at Toulouse-Blagnac...
Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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