After remaining three years on the ground, the Airbus A380-841 MSN001 took to the skies.
The Airbus A380-800, with registration F-WWOW, departed Airbus base in Toulouse Friday, March 14 2025 at 10:09 CET for a test flight.
The aircraft climbed to 20,000ft then 31,000ft and 43,000ft. It circled close to Toulouse and finally landed 3 hours later with callsign AIB59OW.
This first prototype was unveiled in Toulouse on 18 January 2005, commencing its first flight on 27 April 2005.