First Airbus A330-800 Takes Flight

Credit: Airbus
The aircraft, MSN1888 , took off Tuesday morning from Blagnac , France for its maiden flight. The crew will perform flight-physics tests required for this variant. The smaller version of the A330neo program currently has no firm orders even though it is due to enter commercial service in 2019...

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