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A380 Production Update: July 2010 (#12)

Oliver Gigacz — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:17:01 +0000

Several aviation forums are reporting that Emirates will be suspending A380 deliveries in 2011. We cannot yet confirm or deny this, but current production schedules still state that the airline will receive three A380s in Q3/Q4 2011 (MSN060, MSN077 and MSN080).

If Emirates were to suspend deliveries this would halt the airline deploying the A380 on key routes such as Dubai to Melbourne and Dubai to Singapore.

Over in Toulouse, Singapore Airlines twelfth A380 (MSN058) has successfully performed her first flight. This also happened to be her ferry flight to Hamburg for cabin outfitting.

Image Courtesy of Schiefi

A380 Production Update: July 2010 (#9)

Oliver Gigacz — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:53:39 +0000

Last Friday marked the first time that Airbus delivered two separate A380s on the same day. The A380s in question were MSN041 (Lufthansa #2) and MSN051 (Singapore Airlines #11).

With these deliveries, the total number of A380s in airlines service is 33 (11 each for Emirates and Singapore Airlines, 6 for Qantas, 3 for Air France and 2 for Lufthansa)

A380 Production Update: July 2010 (#3)

Oliver Gigacz — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:01:11 +0000

Late last week, Emirates eleventh A380 (MSN030) was delivered to the airline at a ceremony in Toulouse.

This now makes Emirates the largest operator of the A380 with eleven SuperJumbo’s in its fleet, while Singapore Airlines has ten, Qantas has six, Air France has three and Lufthansa has one.

Late last week also saw the return of MSN052 (Air France #5) to the flightline. MSN052 had been spending the last month or two in the flightline hangars where she had some Final Assembly work done.

Images Courtesy of Jean-Claude MAURAN and David BARRIE

A380 Production Update: June 2010 (#12)

Oliver Gigacz — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:32:09 +0000

The first pictures of Korean Air’s second A380 (MSN039) are starting to appear online, With the majority of them being taken by our good friend BlackBear_31.

And as Convoy #11/2010 completes in long journey, Convoy #12/2010 is announced. The convoy will be carrying a complete frame except for a center fuselage. Convoy #12 is likely to be the last before the summer break.

And on a final note, tomorrow should see the delivery of Emirates eleventh A380 (MSN030), But we will have more on that in the coming days.

A380 Production Update: June 2010 (#9)

Oliver Gigacz — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:14:06 +0000

MSN030 (Emirates #11) has completed her first “Post Outfitting” flight after finishing in the hangars late last month.

Delivery is currently scheduled for the 25th June.

Singapore Airlines twelfth A380 (MSN058) has surprised us all, with completing Final Assembly a week ahead of schedule.

She is currently situated next to MSN002 on the second side of the flightline. Current reports indicate that she will fly to Hamburg on July 14th.

A380 Production Update: June 2010 (#6)

Oliver Gigacz — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:46:10 +0000

Emirates’s fifteenth A380 (MSN057) performed her first flight on June 11th, This also happened to be her ferry flight to Hamburg.

MSN046 (Emirates #12) has been rolled out of the Hamburg outfitting hangars and is now situated on the flightline next to MSN041 (Lufthansa #2). Delivery is currently scheduled for July 23rd.

Image Courtesy of David BARRIE

A380 Production Update: June 2010 (#5)

Oliver Gigacz — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:46:28 +0000

With Convoy #10/2011 finishing it’s long journey, Convoy #11/2010 has just been announced. It is scheduled to begin on June 21st and finish June 24th. The convoy will be carrying complete frame for a yet unknown MSN.

One of our friendly sources has supplied us with a complete list of frames currently in the build stages of production

Frames that have Completed Build Stages: (These will be the next frames to be Convoyed)
MSN031 - China Southern #1
MSN036 - China Southern #2
MSN039 - Korean Air #2
MSN054 - China Southern #3
MSN059 - Korean Air #3
MSN060 - Emirates #16
MSN067 - Air France #7

Frames Currently in Build Stages:
MSN063 - Qantas #11
MSN068 - Korean Air #4
MSN072 - Lufthansa #9
MSN074 - Qantas #12
MSN075 - Korean Air #5
MSN076 - Singapore Airlines #15
MSN077 - Emirates #17
MSN078 - Malaysia Airlines #1
MSN079 - Singapore Airlines #16
MSN080 - Emirates #18
MSN082 - Singapore Airlines #17

A380 Production Update: June 2010 (#4)

Oliver Gigacz — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:27:30 +0000

Qantas’s eighth A380 (MSN050) has completed it’s long term storage and was moved from a flightline hangar to the flightline last week.

(MSN050 is the frame with the white tail)

Qantas has announced it will receive MSN050 in January 2011, But if it arrives in Hamburg on schedule (June 23) it could easily be delivered by the end of year.

Airbus has confirmed the delivery of MSN009 (Emirates #10), Which was speculated to be delivered last week.

One of our sources has confirmed that MSN030 (Emirates #11) will be delivered on July 1st, And that MSN046 (Emirates #12) will finish outfitting this week.

Image Courtesy of David BARRIE

A380 Production Update: June 2010 (#3)

Oliver Gigacz — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 05:39:20 +0000

There have been a couple of small changes to the flight schedule…

MSN050 (Qantas #8) is now scheduled to ferry to Hamburg on June 23.
MSN055 (Qantas #9) is now scheduled to perform her first and ferry flight on July 2.

Both of these frames will now be delivered in Q1 2011.

A couple of online news sites are reporting that MSN009 (Emirates #10) has been delivered. We cannot find any records of this, so we are treating it as a rumor. If this is true, MSN009 would be the 30th A380 delivered.

Image Courtesy of matze-man

A380 Production Update: June 2010 (#2)

Oliver Gigacz — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:30:54 +0000

Yesterday, MSN057 (Emirates #15) performed her first taxi tests.

A Rejected Take Off will performed early next week, With her first flight to follow to shortly.

In other news, MSN009 and MSN030 (Emirates) are likely be delivered frin Toulouse instead of Hamburg, Which is Emirate’s usual delivery port. We are yet to confirm this.

Update: We can now confirm MSN030 WILL be delivered in Toulouse. MSN009 is still To Be Confirmed.

Image Courtesy of Yannick Delamarre