Airbus' nifty new A330neo, first being flown by TAP Air Portugal

[David Paul Appell]

This past weekend I had the honor of being one of the select few media invitees to TAP Air Portugal’s presentation of its first Airbus A330neo – and not only its first, but the first of any airline. In just 18 years since its founding, the European aerospace consortium based in Toulouse, France has grown to enjoy enormous success, in recent years edging out its main rival Boeing in orders to the airlines of the world, and now it’s debuting its latest and greatest long-haul jetliner.

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