The first test flight in Japan was Sunday, All Nippon Airways officials said.
Although he has flown HB-SIA in a simulator, Mr Borschberg says he will not really know how it performs until the first test flight later this year.
Filton Airport had been in operation for more than 100 years and saw the first UK test flight of the Concorde prototype in 1969.
Filton was in operation for more than 100 years and was the site of the first UK test flight of the Concorde prototype in 1969.
The 747-8 Intercontinental's first flight marks the beginning of a flight test program that will finish in the fourth quarter.
Today's flight was the first of more than 600 flight hours in the test program for the new 747-8 Intercontinental.
At the ceremony Boeing affirmed that the virgin test flight of the world's first big airliner to be made largely of composite materials, rather than aluminium, would take place by the end of June.
The Air Force is also testing jet engines using biofuels and had the first successful biofuel-powered test flight just last week.
If the project is approved, engineers would hope to have the propulsion unit, or service module, ready to fly on the American rocket's first test flight.
It was always going to be a test flight - the first of two that have been planned to bring the shuttle programme back on track.
The German airline, Lufthansa, received its award for being the first carrier to test biofuel in normal flight operations and greening everything from its engine-cleaning routine to cabin equipment, resulting in a full 23 percent emissions reduction.
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The 52-year-old who, in 17 years in management has always wanted the chance to test himself amongst the English top flight, described his first shot at an English trophy as a "dream come true".
Thursday's flawed flight was the first time an Ariane rocket had malfunctioned since Ariane-5's maiden test flight exploded 37 seconds after launch in 1996.
We'll start with the good: Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo had its first successful test flight on Monday.
The astronaut vehicle itself, known as Orion, is nearing its first test flight.
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