A400M First Flight

Airbus Military's first A400M transport took off from San Pablo airport near Seville, Spain at 10:15 local time on its historic first flight.

Aircraft MSN001 landed at 14:00 local time, after a sortie lasting 3h 45min.

Airbus says the first A400M reached its top speed of 300kt (555km/h) as planned during the flight, and that the aircraft performed as expected. Read more and see our photos and video...