Airbus's next-generation A350 plane took off on its first test flight today. With hundreds of cheering supporters looking on, the plane took off at 0800 GMT from the airport near the French city of Toulouse for a flight due to last four hours. Airbus is predicting hundreds of orders for the A350 at next week's Paris Air Show as the European company ups the fight against Boeing. It will have a capacity of between 270 and 350 passengers and is scheduled to enter service in late 2014.