AIRBUS COMPLETES FIRST NEW-BUILD SHARKLET-EQUIPPED A320

摘要

Airbus has rolled out the first new-build A320 with shar-klets from its Toulouse facility. The aircraft, MSN 5098, will be one of several A320 family aircraft in the certification flight-test campaign, which started last month and is expected to include around 600 flight hr,, Airbus said.Airbus completed the first flight of its fuel-saving sharklet wing-tip devices on the company's A320 development aircraft (MSN 001) in December 2011.