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Qantas’s twelfth A380 (MSN074) will be delivered tomorrow at a ceremony in Toulouse.
She now wears airline registration VH-OQL and has been named Phyllis Arnott, after the first Australian woman to receive a commercial pilot’s license.
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Yesterday, Singapore Airlines’ eighteenth A380 (MSN085) performed her first flight.
She used callsign AIB01AH and returned to the Toulouse flightline after spending several hours in the air. Several small issues were recorded, but are likely to be fixed by the end of the week.
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Emirates’ twenty-seventh A380 (MSN108) has been confirmed as the frame being carried in Convoy #24/2011.
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Only the wings and tailplane are being carried in the convoy, with the remaining components scheduled to arrive later in the month.
Once delivered, she will carry registration A6-EEA
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Yesterday, Singapore Airline’s eighteenth A380 (MSN085) began engine testing.
Her first flight is not far off; we expect it to take place early next week.
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Yesterday, Lufthansa’s tenth A380 (MSN073) was ferried to Hamburg.
Delivery to the airline is scheduled for Q2 2012.
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Late last week, Airbus delivered Emirates’ nineteenth A380 (MSN090) at a ceremony in Hamburg.
She operated her first revenue flight yesterday, as EK73 Dubai to Paris.
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Earlier this week, the tail for China Southern’s fourth A380 (MSN088) arrived in Toulouse.
Body join is expected to begin next week.
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