Airbus reactivates the A380 with several tests at Toulouse Blagnac Airport

As the 20th anniversary of the first Airbus A380 flight approaches, the first manufactured unit of this model takes to the skies again. Since March 14, Airbus conducts several tests with the A380, using new engines and testing more sustainable fuels. Airbus delivers 251 A380s, and the last one is manufactured in March 2021. More than half of these aircraft belong to Etihad, a company that pushes for the re-production of the world's largest passenger aircraft, which conducts one of the tests at Toulouse Blagnac Airport in Toulouse, France, on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Joan Valls/Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty Images)