Archive for the ‘Body Join’ Category

A380 Production Update: January 2012 (#9)

2012, Body Join, Emirates, MSN108, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Jan 14 2012

Earlier this week, the tail for Emirates’ twenty-seventh A380 (MSN108) arrived in Toulouse for assembly.


Assembly is expected to take eleven weeks.

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A380 Production Update: November 2011 (#12)

2011, Body Join, Final Assembly, MSN087, Thai Airways, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Nov 24 2011

Thai Airway’s first A380 (MSN087) has been spotted inside the body join hangars.


She will be moved to the final assembly line shortly, and is expected to be completed in February 2012.

Once in airline service, she will carry the registration HS-MAR.

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A380 Production Update: August 2011 (#20)

2011, Body Join, Lufthansa, MSN073, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Aug 29 2011

Lufthansa’s tenth A380 (MSN073) has been spotted inside the body join halls.


Delivery to the airline is scheduled for Q3 2012.

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A380 Production Update: August 2011 (#18)

2011, Body Join, Hamburg, MSN085, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Aug 26 2011

Yesterday, the tail for Singapore Airlines’ eighteenth A380 (MSN085) was transferred to Toulouse.


Body join is expected to be completed by early September.

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A380 Production Update: June 2011 (#3)

2011, Body Join, Malaysia Airlines, MSN078, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Jun 03 2011

Earlier this week, the tail for Malaysia Airlines first A380 (MSN078) arrived in Toulouse.


MSN078 will begin assembly, next week.

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A380 Production Update: November 2010 (#2)

2010, 2011, Beluga, Body Join, MSN076, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Nov 04 2010

The tail for Singapore Airlines fifteenth A380 (MSN076) has arrived in Toulouse, aboard the Airbus “Beluga”.

The tail will be joined to the rest of the body this week.

Delivery to Singapore Airlines is scheduled for Q3 2011.

Image Courtesy of Spotter-XFW

A380 Production Update: September 2010 (#9)

2010, 2011, Body Join, Korean Air, MSN035, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Sep 15 2010

One of our forum members has managed to find a picture of Korean Air’s first A380 (MSN035) just after she completed body join.


The photo was taken in early June, But amazingly is the first to fully show the airframe. We expect to see MSN035 completed by the end of the month.

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