Aircraft
2016 Chock-full of Airliner Milestones
Headliners include A350-1000 first flight, C Series EIS.

Last year’s milestones in the air transport arena climaxed with the first flight of the Airbus A350-1000 on November 24 over southwestern France. The event marked the start of an intensive campaign of testing involving three prototypes scheduled to fly 1,600 hours over an estimated 10-month period before expected certification in the second half of this year.