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Old 25th November 2023, 09:13 AM
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A220-300 VH-X4A has had engine runs and taxi checks at YMX on 22/11 and 24/11/23.
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Old 29th November 2023, 07:51 AM
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A220-300 VH-X4A has had further taxi checks and a rejected take off at YMX on 29/11/23. Hopefully, its first flight is imminent.
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Old 1st December 2023, 07:00 AM
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A220-300 VH-X4A is currently conducting its first flight from YMX, 30/11/23 as ABK353/C-FPGP.
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Old 1st December 2023, 10:01 AM
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First flight completed with 02:32 flying as C-FPGP
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Old 2nd December 2023, 08:27 AM
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A220-300 VH-X4A has just completed its second flight from YMX, on 1/12/23 as ABK353/C-FPGP. Total flight time was 2 hours 16 minutes which is over 5 hours of flight testing in two days.
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Old 2nd December 2023, 10:16 AM
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Images of first flight

https://twitter.com/Qantas/status/1730400768539385894
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Old 6th December 2023, 07:21 AM
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A220-300 VH-X4A has now completed its third flight of 1 hour 7 minutes from YMX, on 5/12/23 as ABK353/C-FPGP.
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Old 11th December 2023, 07:55 AM
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A220-300 VH-X4A has now completed its fourth flight of 3 hour 49 minutes from YMX, on 10/12/23 as ABK353/C-FPGP.
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Old 11th December 2023, 07:56 AM
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A220-300 VH-X4A has completed its fourth flight of 2 hours 32 minutes from YMX, on 10/12/23 as ABK353/C-FPGP. Total flight time is now 8 hours 46 minutes.
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Old 13th December 2023, 11:11 AM
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X4A was added to the CASA registry on 12th December in preparation for delivery.
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