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Long-awaited Airbus superjumbo A380 wraps up round-the-world test flight
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 30 - 11 - 2006


The long-delayed Airbus A380, the
world's biggest passenger jet, wrapped up a round-the-world
series of test flights Thursday crucial for its
certification, expected next month, AP reported.
Airbus confirmed that it expects certification by
mid-December based on the successful tests, which were
designed to put the 555-seater through the kind of
operating conditions it will experience with airlines.
«At each destination, the A380 performed as expected,»
the company said in a statement after the plane landed in
Toulouse in southern France, where it had departed from
Nov. 13 for a journey that took it to 10 cities.
The European planemaker has struggled to get the A380
finished and deliver it to airlines.
Airbus and its parent company European Aeronautic Defence
and Space Co. have blamed wiring problems for delays that
are set to wipe ¤4.8 billion (US$6.3 billion) off profits
over the next four years and complicating plans for the
mid-size A350 jet, meant to compete with Boeing Co.'s 787.
Singapore Airlines will be the first carrier to fly paying
passengers aboard the A380 after it receives its first
superjumbo in October next year _ a year later than
originally planned. Subsequent deliveries have suffered
longer delays, averaging two years.
The test flights took the A380 to Singapore, Seoul, Hong
Kong, Tokyo, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Johannesburg,
Sydney and Vancouver. It flew 150 hours.
Representatives of the U.S. Federal Aviation
Administration and the European Aviation Safety Agency
traveled aboard the final series of test flights.
At the A380's stop in Vancouver on Wednesday, Airbus'
troubles seemed far away. The plane drew gasps from
assembled onlookers as it landed with a whoosh in subzero
temperatures, and test pilot Frank Chapman called the plane
«delightful» to fly.


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