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A380 Production Update: December 2011 (#3)

Oliver Gigacz — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:57:10 +0000

Yesterday, Lufthansa’s tenth A380 (MSN073) was ferried to Hamburg.

Delivery to the airline is scheduled for Q2 2012.

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A380 Production Update: November 2011 (#15)

Oliver Gigacz — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:56:16 +0000

Yesterday, Lufthansa’s tenth A380 (MSN073) performed her first flight.

She is expected to be ferried to Hamburg later in the week.

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A380 Production Update: November 2011 (#11)

Oliver Gigacz — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:37:34 +0000

Yesterday, Lufthansa’s tenth A380 (MSN073) began taxi testing.

She is expected to perform her first flight next week, and join her sister ship (MSN072) in Hamburg as well.

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A380 Production Update: November 2011 (#8)

Oliver Gigacz — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:57:10 +0000

Yesterday, Lufthansa’s ninth A380 (MSN072) performed her first flight.

She is expected to be ferried to Hamburg next week.

Delivery to the airline is scheduled for April 2012.

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A380 Production Update: November 2011 (#5)

Oliver Gigacz — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:41:09 +0000

Yesterday, Lufthansa’s ninth A380 (MSN072) began taxi testing.

She is expected to perform her first flight early next week, and Lufthansa expects delivery in Q2 2012.

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A380 Production Update: October 2011 (#16)

Oliver Gigacz — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:46:56 +0000

Yesterday, Lufthansa’s tenth A380 (MSN073) completed final assembly and was moved to the flightline.

She took just fifteen weeks to complete assembly, the same amount of time as her sister ship, MSN072.

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A380 Production Update: October 2011 (#5)

Oliver Gigacz — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:17:03 +0000

Yesterday, Lufthansa’s ninth A380 (MSN072) completed final assembly, and was moved to the flightline.

She took fifteen weeks to complete, which is the fastest Lufthansa frame yet.

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A380 Production Update: September 2011 (#8)

Oliver Gigacz — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:24:43 +0000

Yesterday, Lufthansa’s ninth A380 (MSN072) was spotted on the final assembly line.

This photo was taken as she was being moved from position 32A to 30A.

She is expected to complete final assembly in early October.

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A380 Production Update: August 2011 (#20)

Oliver Gigacz — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:04:39 +0000

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: July 2011 (#12)

Oliver Gigacz — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:16:42 +0000

Yesterday, the tail for Lufthansa’s tenth A380 (MSN073) arrived in Toulouse for assembly.

The tail flew directly from Hamburg aboard an Airbus “Beluga”.