Thursday, July 5, 2007

Airbus A380 to Have 7-day Trial Flight in China

 An Airbus A380 plane will arrive in Hong Kong on Saturday for the start of its seven-day trial flight in China.    The plane with 555 seats will fly to Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai in the tour.    Airbus A380 started trial flight on Nov. 13 to test its function and reliability in world major airports. The final authentification is expected to be finished in the middle of December.    Up to date, five Airbus A380 planes have successfully complete their trial flights and Airbus has received orders for 166 jets from 15 customers.    Airbus announced a 150-plane order from China on Oct. 26 when French President Jacques Chirac was on his visit to China.   

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