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Article: Airbus tests world's largest passenger jet
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- September 5, 2006
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PARIS -- The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, took
to the sky with a full load of passengers for the first time Monday,
and the European aircraft maker announced further management changes
in the wake of costly delays to the $13 billion jet program.
The 308-ton jet touched down Monday evening after flying a seven-
hour round-trip from Toulouse, southern France, with 474 Airbus
employees on board, on the first of four test flights scheduled this
week to try out the plane's cabin environment and systems.
Airbus says it is on schedule to deliver the first finished A380
to Singapore Airlines Ltd. by the end of the year, despite production
bottlenecks that are expected to hold up ...