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A380 Production Update: March 2010 (#3)

2010, 2011, Air France, China Southern, Convoy, Emirates, Final Assembly Hall, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN042, MSN043, MSN047, MSN048, MSN051, MSN052, MSN064, MSN066, MSN071, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Mar 08 2010

Convoy #4/2010 has arrived in Toulouse bringing a Center and Rear Fuselage for MSN071 (Singapore Airlines #14). A tail plane, also for MSN071 arrived with the convoy.

Convoy #4 also carried a Forward Fuselage and a Wing Pair for MSN064 (Air France #6).


This is a surprise to us as MSN066 (Lufthansa #6) and MSN031 (China Southern #1) were both scheduled to be convoyed ahead of MSN064.

In other A380 news, the roll out of MSN047 (Qantas #07), MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) and MSN052 (Air France #5) has been delayed into this week.

Several spotters have reported that MSN042 (Emirates #13) is on the flightline. We cannot confirm or deny this at this stage.

MSN043 (Air France #3) will begin cabin test flights in Hamburg this week. MSN043 is currently scheduled to be delivered later in the month.

MSN051 (Singapore Airlines #11) will also start cabin test flights soon. Test flights will probably start late this week or early next week.

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A380 Production Update: March 2010 (#1)

2010, 2011, Air France, China Southern, Convoy, Emirates, Final Assembly Hall, Hamburg, Korean Air, Lufthansa, MSN002, MSN009, MSN028, MSN030, MSN031, MSN035, MSN038, MSN041, MSN042, MSN043, MSN044, MSN046, MSN047, MSN048, MSN049, MSN050, MSN051, MSN052, MSN055, MSN056, MSN057, MSN058, MSN061, MSN062, MSN065, MSN066, MSN069, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Mar 01 2010

March is here (Already) so we thought it would be a good idea to give you an overview of the current production line. So here it is…

Toulouse Production:
MSN002 (Private) – Currently in Refitting Hangar.
MSN042 (Emirates #13) – In Second Second Stage of Final Assembly and is Scheduled to Be Rolled Out in late March.
MSN047 (Qantas #7) – Engines Have Been Re Installed and Should Roll Out this week.
MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) – Completed and will be Rolled Out this week.
MSN050 (Qantas #8) – Being Stored in a Flightline Hangar until May.
MSN052 (Air France #5) – Completed and will be Rolled Out this week.
MSN055 (Qantas #9) – First Stage of Final Assembly. Parts of Final Assembly Will be done in a Flightline Hangar.
MSN056 (Emirates #14) – Second Stage of Final Assembly.
MSN057 (Emirates #15) – Waiting for slot in Second Stage of Final Assembly.
MSN058 (Singapore Airlines #12) – Waiting for Slot in First Stage of Final Assembly.
MSN061 (Lufthansa #5) – First Stage of Final Assembly.
MSN062 (Qantas #10) – First Stage of Final Assembly.
MSN065 (Singapore Airlines #13) – Body Join has Begun and is Scheduled to take 10 days.

Hamburg Production:
MSN009 (Emirates #9) – Delivery Scheduled for May.
MSN028 (Emirates #10) – Delivery Scheduled for June.
MSN030 (Emirates #11) – Delivery Scheduled for July.
MSN038 (Lufthansa #1) – Delivery Scheduled for 10th May.
MSN041 (Lufthansa #2) – Delivery Scheduled for June.
MSN043 (Air France #3) – Delivery Scheduled for April.
MSN044 (Lufthansa #3) – Delivery Scheduled for Q3 2010.
MSN046 (Emirates #12) – Delivery Scheduled for August.
MSN049 (AIr France #4) – Delivery Scheduled for Q3 2010,
MSN051 (Singapore Airlines #11) – Delivery Scheduled for Late March.

Convoy’s:
The next new frames to be Convoyed to Toulouse are scheduled to be.
MSN031 (China Southern #1)
MSN066 (Lufthansa #6)
MSN069 (Lufthansa #7)
MSN035 (Korean Air #1)

First Stage of Final Assembly = Installation of Electronic Components that Control the Aircraft and Installation of Fuel Tanks.

Second Stage of Final Assembly = Installation of Engines, Belly Fairing and all other Facilities in and outside the Aircraft.

Roll Out = Moved from the Final Assembly Line to the Flightline.

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A380 Production Update: February 2010 (#12)

2010, 2011, Air France, First Flight, Hamburg, MSN047, MSN049, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Feb 24 2010

MSN049 (Air France #4) performed it’s first flight on the 22nd February.


It is unknown if MSN049 will be transferred to Hamburg in the next few days, as there are already nine A380s in Hamburg and with only six slots for Outfitting MSN049 may have to wait a while.

MSN047 (Qantas #7) had it’s #1 and #4 engine reinstalled late last week and should have it’s #2 and #3 engine installed this week. MSN047 made it’s first flight in August last year and was put in storage in Toulouse (Request from Qantas). It is currently scheduled to restart flight testing in late March.

Image Copyright to Schiefi

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A380 Production Update: February 2010 (#10)

2010, First Flight, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN044, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Feb 18 2010

MSN044 (Lufthansa #3) was transfered to Hamburg for Outfitting on the 17th February. MSN044 will have a bit of wait in Hamburg before a slot opens up in the Outfitting hangars.

Lufthansa is scheduled to take delivery of MSN044 in July/August.

Image Copyright: Yvan Panas

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A380 Production Update: February 2010 (#7)

2010, Air France, Emirates, Final Assembly Hall, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN030, MSN041, MSN042, MSN044, MSN046, MSN047, MSN048, MSN049, MSN050, MSN052, MSN056, MSN057, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Feb 15 2010

MSN057 (Emirates #15) has finished it’s first part of Final Assembly which included having The flaps installed, Some Belly Fairing, the APU and many “Under the Hood” parts.

MSN057 is currently sitting on the flightline waiting to switch spaces with MSN048 (Lufthansa #4). MSN048 should be rolled out of the Final Assembly Line late this week.

The final parts for MSN057 arrived in Toulouse on the 12th November and has only taken 92 days to get to this stage. This is a dramatic increase in time for Body Join and the first stages of Final Assembly.

This also means the production in Toulouse is speeding up but over in Hamburg, Outfitting is staying very much the same.

We expect by late April that MSN042 (Emirates), MSN047 (Qantas), MSN050 (Qantas), MSN052 (Air France) and possibly MSN056 (Emirates) to be completed.

But at the same time all the Outfitting slots in Hamburg will be already be occupied by…

MSN030 (Emirates), MSN041 (Lufthansa), MSN044 (Lufthansa), MSN046 (Emirates) MSN048 (Lufthansa) and MSN049 (Air France).

This means that Outfitting must be dramatically increased to get the twenty odd scheduled A380s for 2010 delivery to actually being delivered this year.

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A380 Production Update: February 2010 (#5)

2010, Air France, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN040, MSN044, MSN049, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Feb 10 2010

Lufthansa’s third A380 (MSN044) is scheduled to make a Rejected Take Off today and pending weather conditions will make its first flight tomorrow.

MSN040 (Air France #2) is finally scheduled for delivery on the 10th. She is scheduled to make her first trip on the 17th February to Johannesburg

MSN049 (Air France #4) has been scheduled for a first flight in the last week of February.

Lufthansa Image Copyright to mhettic

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A380 Production Update: February 2010 (#4)

2010, Air France, Hamburg, MSN038, MSN040, MSN058, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Feb 08 2010

MSN038 (Lufthansa #1) was transfered from the paint hangar to the flightline yesterday, Now giving the public the first look at a completed Lufthansa Airbus A380. MSN038 will now go though cabin testing and airline training prior to being delivered in May.

The tail of MSN058 (Singapore Airlines #12) has arrived in Toulouse and will soon be joined to the rest of MSN058.

MSN040 (Air France #2) is still in Hamburg and will be do a few more test flights before hopefully being delivered in the next few days.

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A380 Production Update: February 2010 (#3)

2010, Convoy, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN038, MSN046, MSN065, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Feb 06 2010

MSN038 (Lufthansa #1) has finally finished in the paint hangar. MSN038 will now be involved in Cabin test flights with delivery to Lufthansa on May 10th.

MSN046 (Emirates #12) was transfered to Hamburg on the 5th February. Emirates is hoping that MSN046 will be delivered in August 2010.

Convoy #3/2010 has been announced and is scheduled to arrive in Toulouse on the 18th February. Convoy #3 will contain a complete frame. All parts other then the forward fuselage will be for MSN065 (Singapore Airlines #13).

Lufthansa Image Courtesy of spiegel.de

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A380 Production Update: February 2010 (#2)

2010, Air France, Convoy, Hamburg, MSN040, MSN041, MSN065, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Feb 05 2010

On Monday MSN040 (Air France #2) was on a cabin test flight from Hamburg and had due to divert to Toulouse becuase of bad weather. MSN040 stayed in Toulouse for two days before being transfered to Hamburg yesterday.

MSN041 (Lufthansa #2) was finally transfered to Hamburg on Wednesday. MSN041 will be delivered to Lufthansa in June.

Convoy #2/2010 has arrived in Toulouse and as we expected the new frame is MSN065 for Singapore Airlines.

Images Courtesy of Davie Barrie, Yvan Panas and Blackbear

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A380 Production Update: February 2010 (#1)

2010, Air France, Convoy, Emirates, Final Assembly Hall, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN041, MSN042, MSN052, MSN056, MSN058, MSN065, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Feb 02 2010

Another one of our forum members has visited Toulouse and has done the A380 factory tour. Here is the report.

MSN056 (Emirates #14)

Stand L55 (30-A)
Pylons installed.
No APU and no Belly Fairings.

MSN052 (Air France #5)

Stand L53 (30-B)
No Engines Installed and None Noticed Around
APU and Engine pylons installed, no belly fairing yet.
HF-and VOR-antennas seem to be installed, aswell as the camera inside the Vertical tail plane.

MSN042 (Emirates #13)

Stand L51 (30-C)
All flaps and slats seem to be installed.
Engine Pylons installed. But no Engines
No APU and no Belly fairings yet.
Vertical tail plane looks untouched, So HF and VOR-antennas might be missing aswell as the Camera.

MSN041 (Lufthansa #2) was not seen which means it should now in Hamburg for outfitting.

Convoy #2 was spotted eariler today and we can glady confirm that the forward fuselage is MSN065 (Singapore Airlines #13). The other pieces of the convoy are for MSN058 (Singapore Airlines #12).

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