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A380 Production Update: May 2010 (#5)

Oliver Gigacz — Tue, 11 May 2010 08:05:32 +0000

On May 10th, The tail of Korean Air’s first A380 (MSN035) was transported to Toulouse on board an Airbus Beluga. Korean Air has yet to state what registration MSN035 will wear, But the tail suggests it will be HL8213.

Body Join for MSN035 began last Thursday and is expected to take two weeks.

Image Courtesy of Phil Gallerand

A380 Production Update: April 2010 (#17)

FabienA380 — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:47:51 +0000

The tail of MSN066 (Lufthansa #6) has now arrived in Toulouse, With Body Join beginning on Thursday. Body Join should take about two weeks to finish.

The tail of MSN035 (Korean Air #1) is scheduled to arrive in Toulouse in two weeks, On board the Beluga.

A video of Convoy #2010/07 is now available under this link convoy 2010/07.

Finally a picture of MSN065 (Singapore Airlines #13) in full view.

Image Courtesy of Clement R, Footage Courtesy of Blackbear

A380 Production Update: May 2009 (#19)

Oliver Gigacz — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:43:17 +0000

Just some more photos today. Here is another shot of MSN025, MSN047 and MSN043 on the flightline.

And here is MSN030s tail as it moves from Beluga unpack station to the body join hall.

MSN040 (F-WWSE) for Air France cancelled its first flight on May 29 and will hopefull have its first flight on Monday. MSN019 will be ferried today to Toulouse.