A380 Production Update: December 2009 (#16)

Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Dec 17 2009

Recently the popular German news site .com they have written an article on the first A380 for Lufthansa and have given us some photos from the outfitting halls in Hamburg.

The photos show that they are currently are installing the overhead bins and finishes to the cockpit. The seats are currrently waiting outside the aircraft and will be installed after the inside walls are applied. The other thing to notice is that MSN038 is still not painted. Airbus is now painting there A380s later in the process of outfitting. This could be to do with how long outfitting takes and if paint is applied early then when the aircraft is delivered the paint could be four to five months old. The photos of MSN038 could have been taken anytime within the last month.

Lufthansa will recieve MSN038 in late May. Followed shortley by their second MSN041.

You can look at more photos here. http://www.mopo.de/2009/20091216/hamburg/panorama/hier_wird_ein_a380_schick_gemacht.html

Trackback URL for this entry