A surprise to us today was that MSN052 (Air France #5) has turned up on the flightline and is looking much the same as MSN042 (Emirates #13). It looks like she has just finished body join and awaiting a spot in the Final Assembly Line. So we now have two A380s waiting for spots in the FAL.
There is one space free in the FAL at the moment and another to open up shortly when MSN046 (Emirates #11) is transferred to the flightline.
There is another possibility that MSN056 (Emirates #14) has taken MSN041′s (Lufthansa #2 – On Flightline) spot in the FAL which would mean that either MSN042 or MSN052 will have to wait for MSN049 (Air France #4) to exit the FAL which is not scheduled until January/February.
We we will have more info on the MSN052 matter in the next 24 hours so stay tuned.
In other news with MSN027 (Qantas #5) will be delivered either Friday or Saturday.
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