With Dubai’s landmark Burj Al Arab hotel as a backdrop, Airbus’s A380 test aircraft MSN004 – in Emirates colours – makes its air show debut outside Europe at the city. Emirates is due to receive its first A380 – powered by Engine Alliance GP7200 engines – in 2007.
Source: Flight Daily News
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