The A330neo has made its first in a series of test flights worldwide, with the colors of TAP and TAP crew members.
The first flights of this series first brought the A330neo to Lisbon, where will head to Rio de Janeiro, returning to the Portuguese capital to return from the, this time to S. Paulo, Recife and Miami.
By the end of June, the A330neo with the colors of TAP will continue the test flight plan in a sequence that will lead to Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Jakarta, Bangkok, and Mauritius. Por fim, in the last stage, the new airline TAP flies to New Delhi, Reykjavik, Chicago e Atlanta, concluding with the return to the Airbus factory in Toulouse world tour.
As a final step of the certification phase of aircraft, These tests are also known as route tests and missions include ETOPS, offset landings at airports and handling tests. After passing through Europe, The A330neo will to 15 major airports across five continents to reach 150 hours of flight test.
Route verification testing is the last needed for the aircraft type certification scheduled for this summer.
