A "new" leader in single-aisle efficiency took to the skies for the first time on September 25, 2014 with the maiden flight of Airbus' A320neo (new engine option) jetliner.

Step "on-board" the no. 1 NEO aircraft with flight test crew and experience the sights and sounds of this historic day in Airbus' "best of" video. Highlighting the A320neo's approximately two-and-a-half-hour mission -- which took off and landed at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport -- this clip also includes planeside comments from the flight test crew.

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