Airbus superjumbo goes on test flight
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The Airbus A380 took off on its first passenger flight Monday, just months before the world's largest airliner is set to begin carrying paying customers with Singapore Airlines.
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LONDON: Cost overruns and political bickering will be set aside tomorrow at Airbus as the Toulouse-based planemaker unveils its mighty A380 double-decker, the biggest airliner ever built.
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Slipping the surly bonds of the oil market The world's largest passenger airliner, the Airbus A380, has successfully made a test flight using synthetic jet fuel partly made from natural gas. The test is the latest step in moves by airliner builders and operators to diversify the sources of their fuel supplies.â¦
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The world's biggest jumbo jet was set to fly from Singapore on Thursday on its long-delayed first-ever commercial flight, as part of the Singapore Airlines daily service to Sydney.
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Passengers impressed with aeronautical behemoth The Airbus A380 today entered commercial service with an inaugural seven hour flight from Singapore to Sydney, in the process wowing passengers who'd snapped up seats in Singapore Airlines' charity eBay ticket auction.â¦
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JUST days after its launch, Airbus&#39;s brand-new jet last night won its first customer. Spain&#39;s Air Europa said it is to order 10 of the new 245-seater A350-800 aircraft with two further options.
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The world's biggest jumbo jet lifted off safely on Thursday from Singapore on its long-delayed first commercial flight, as part of Singapore Airlines' daily service to Sydney.
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Recently, Airbus chief executive Noel Forgeard hinted that the European plane maker may soon unveil plans for yet another new aircraft, even before the double-decker A380 takes its first test flight early next year.
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NON-STOP flights between Britain and Australia were made possible yesterday with the launch of the world - s newest passenger aircraft.
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Airbus unveils its flagship A380 on Tuesday, the plane on which the company is betting its newfound status as the world's leading jet maker as well as the 10 billion (US$13 billion) cost of developing the ...
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The costliest international warplane project, the F-35 Lightning 2 Joint Strike Fighter, safely completed its first test flight on Friday, advancing a $276.5 billion program financed by the United States and eight other countries.
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Airbus introduced its 519-seat double-deck airplane to 200 members of the news media in a flight over France.
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An &quot;air-breathing&quot; test plane will attempt to break a world speed record for the second time in a year by flying at nearly 10 times the speed of sound.
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Remy de la Mauviniere, file -- AP Photo enlarge An Airbus A380 super jumbo performs its demonstration flight at the 46th International Paris Air Show at Le Bouget airport, north of Paris, in this June 16, 2005 ...Comment
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A test flight by an Airbus A380 &quot;superjumbo&quot; set to take place in Tunisia was called off in mid-flight, the company has said, without confirming if technical problems were to blame.
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Airbus has completed a globe-spanning test flight for the A380 and expected to obtain airworthiness certification for the world's biggest commercial airliner in mid-December.
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TOULOUSE, France  - Airbus showed off its giant A380, a double-decked behemoth that could revolutionize long-haul flying, at a lavish ceremony Tuesday with European leaders gathered for the first official look at the world's largest passenger plane. Airbus SAS is betting its newfound status as the world's leading jet maker on the "superjumbo" that has a 79.85-metre wingspan, a tail as tall as a seven-storey building and cost &#36;13 billion US to develop.