When Are We Going to See the A350's First Flight?

Speculation is rife in the aviation industry as to when we're likely to see the Airbus A350 first take to the skies.

With the first rollout of its new paint scheme and the 'final product' only a few days ago, Airbus will now be interested in building momentum to overtake Boeing's lacklustre 787 in the mid to long haul sectors. With the 787 only just returning to service (and not with a bang at that) the marketing team at Airbus will be interested in stealing the limelight just 4 weeks before the all important Paris Air Show