Thursday’s 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.
The company had originally planned to fly the prototype, 39-8, by the end of the year, but has elected to push the first flight into the second quarter of 2017.
During MRO Europe in October, Air France Industries KLM Engineering and Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) gave a tour to Inside MRO of its Schiphol facility in Amsterdam.
The image of effortless, on-demand, point-to-point flight is intriguing. However, the actuality is that without significant investment this futuristic vision will never get off the ground.
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