Airbus flew its first-ever flight of its new Airbus A320neo Thursday morning, with the maiden flight of the new aircraft taking off from Toulouse, France, at around noon local time (6 a.m. ET).

Airbus' flagship models, such as the A320, A330, A350, and A380, are highly advanced in terms of avionics and flight systems.

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As the world's first digital fly-by-wire (FBW) airliner, Airbus Industrie's A320 was positioned to bring commercial flying and flight management into the 21st century when it was rolled out in 1987.