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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8937

28 April 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 49
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/industry
Günter Verheugen welcomes first test flight of Airbus A380

Brussels, 27/04/2005 (Agence Europe) - The Airbus A380, the world's largest civil aircraft and the brainchild of a vast industrial network comprising 16 sites in France, Germany, the UK and Spain, carried out its first test flight from the airport of Toulouse-Blagnac on Wednesday. The enormous Airbus aircraft, which can seat between 550 and 800 passengers, will enter into service in the second half of 2006 after over a year of trials. “The take-off of the new Airbus A380 is a European...

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