Lufthansa Takes Delivery of Its First Airbus A380

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Lufthansa Takes Delivery of Its First Airbus A350-900

  Toulouse-Blagnac, FranceAirbus

  

  Starts 12/19/2016CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE9.8 years agoch-aviation reports the hand-over of D-AIXA at a ceremony at Toulouse-Blagnac on Monday 19 December 2016; Airbus's^[3] press release is dated 21 December 2016 but names no day, and the aircraft flew on to Munich on 21 December.

  Lufthansa took delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 from Airbus's Toulouse delivery centre, the initial aircraft of a 25-jet order that became the backbone of its new Munich long-haul hub. The A350 entered scheduled service two months later, flying Munich to Delhi.

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• Aerospace09/20/2026@TechDesk

  Boeing 777-9 First Delivery

  Boeing·…Everett, Washington

  Starts 06/30/2027ESTIMATED6.5 years late75% CONFIDENCEin 280 daysBoeing^[2] says only 2027. Lufthansa, the launch customer, has delivery “currently scheduled for mid-2027” per Lufthansa Aviation Training, so the pin sits at the middle of the year.

  Boeing says the first 777-9 will be delivered in 2027, seven years late, after taking a $4.9 billion charge; Lufthansa is the launch customer, with delivery currently scheduled for mid-2027, and Emirates has signalled it is planning for late 2027.

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  The Airbus A350F Makes Its First Flight

  Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, Toulouse, FranceAirbus

  

  Starts 09/24/2026ESTIMATED76% CONFIDENCEin 1 dayA reported target rather than a fixed date, per aircargonews.net^[1][4] quoting Reuters: the airframer "is hopeful the first flight will take place on around 24 September, although there is always the chance that technical issues or inclement weather could push that date back into October"; Airbus^[2][5] itself would say only that "the maiden flight is expected later in 2026".

  Airbus’ first clean-sheet large freighter is expected to fly from Toulouse around 24 September, opening a roughly 400-hour, nine-month certification campaign flown by MSN700 and MSN701 ahead of a first delivery in the second half of 2027.

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Airbus Delivers Its First A400M Atlas to the Luftwaffe

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  Starts 12/18/2014CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE11.8 years agoAirbus^[4] and OCCAR delivery records state the first production A400M for Germany (MSN018) was handed over to the Luftwaffe on 18 December 2014, one day before it landed at its Wunstorf home base.

  Airbus Defence and Space delivered the first production A400M Atlas military transport, assembled at its Seville final assembly line, to the German Luftwaffe.

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  The Airbus A300 Prototype Makes Its Maiden Flight

  Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, Toulouse, FranceAirbus

  

  Starts 10/28/1972CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE53.9 years agoHappened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: the first prototype "conducted its maiden flight from Toulouse–Blagnac International Airport on 28 October that year."

  Airbus’ first aircraft and the world’s first twin-engine wide-body airliner flew from Toulouse–Blagnac a month ahead of schedule, for one hour and 25 minutes, with Max Fischl as captain and Bernard Ziegler as first officer.

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  The Airbus A380 Makes Its First Flight

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  Starts 04/27/2005CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE21.4 years agoHappened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: the first prototype was "unveiled in Toulouse, France on 18 January 2005, commencing its first flight on 27 April 2005."

  F-WWOW, the first of the only full-length double-deck jet airliner ever built, flew from Toulouse–Blagnac with a crew of six under chief test pilot Jacques Rosay, who said handling it was "like handling a bicycle".

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Airbus Inaugurates a Robotic A320 Fuselage Line in Hamburg

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  Starts 10/01/2019CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE7.0 years agoAirbus's^[3] own October 1, 2019 press release, 'Airbus inaugurates new A320 structure assembly line in Hamburg', names the exact inauguration date.

  On October 1, 2019, Airbus opened a highly automated fuselage structure assembly line for the A320 Family at its Hamburg-Finkenwerder site, using 20 robots to drill, countersink and rivet fuselage joints. The line was built to help meet the type's order backlog of more than 6,500 aircraft.

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Antonov An-124 Ruslan Makes Its First Flight

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  Starts 12/26/1982CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE43.7 years agoWikipedia's^[3] Antonov An-124 Ruslan article states the prototype's first flight took place on 26 December 1982.

  The Antonov An-124 Ruslan, still one of the largest cargo aircraft ever built, first flew over Kyiv on 26 December 1982, years before it entered airline service.

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  Concorde Makes Its First Flight From Toulouse

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  Starts 03/02/1969CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE57.6 years agoHappened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "Construction of six prototypes began in February 1965, with the first flight from Toulouse on 2 March 1969."

  The Anglo-French supersonic airliner, built by Sud Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation under a 1962 treaty, flew for the first time from Toulouse. Four Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 turbojets drove an ogival delta wing carrying 92 to 128 passengers.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Fraport Presents Frankfurt Terminal 3's First Sky Line Train

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  Starts 11/03/2022CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE3.9 years agoFraport's^[2] press release 'Terminal 3: First Vehicle for New Sky Line Presented' states the vehicle was presented on November 3, 2022.

  Fraport presented the first vehicle of its new automated Sky Line people-mover for Frankfurt Airport's €4 billion Terminal 3, a key milestone as the terminal neared completion.

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Tarmac Aerosave Opens Its Fourth A380 Hangar at Teruel Airport

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  Starts 10/08/2024CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE2.0 years agoAviTrader^[2] and AeroWeb-fr.net reported that Tarmac Aerosave inaugurated its fourth Teruel hangar (its seventh overall) on 8 October 2024.

  Aircraft-maintenance and storage specialist Tarmac Aerosave opened its fourth Airbus A380-capable hangar at Teruel Airport, Europe's largest aircraft boneyard. The 15 million euro building, the world's largest metal-textile hangar, can house one A380 or four narrow-body jets at once.

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Boeing Delivers Its First 747-8 Freighter to Cargolux

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  Starts 10/12/2011CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE14.9 years agoBoeing's own October 12, 2011 press release announced the delivery of the first 747-8 Freighter to Cargolux.^[1]

  Boeing handed over the first 747-8 Freighter to launch customer Cargolux at its Everett, Washington widebody plant, putting the largest version of the 747 into commercial cargo service.

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