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A380 Production Update: June 2010 (#4)

2010, 2011, Emirates, Hamburg, MSN009, MSN030, MSN046, MSN050, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Jun 07 2010

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

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A380 Production Update: June 2010 (#3)

2010, 2011, Emirates, First Flight, Hamburg, MSN009, MSN050, MSN055, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Jun 05 2010

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

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A380 Production Update: June 2010 (#2)

2010, Emirates, Hamburg, MSN009, MSN030, MSN057, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Jun 04 2010

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

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A380 Production Update: April 2010 (#18)

2010, 2011, Emirates, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN009, MSN028, MSN047, MSN048, MSN050, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Apr 27 2010

Delays have struck MSN050 (Qantas #8). MSN050 was to be transferred to Hamburg for Outfitting in mid May, But due faulty wiring found in the undercarriage she has been delayed until mid June.

A 2010 delivery is still possible, But is likely to slip into 2011.

MSN050′s sister-ship (MSN047 Qantas #7) will be transferred to Hamburg this week.

MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) completed it’s first taxi tests on Monday and is scheduled to make a Rejected Take Off test today or Wednesday. With first flight to be around Thursday or Friday.

Emirates has made some registration changes to MSN009 and MSN028.

MSN028 was originally meant to be A6-EDJ, But will now become A6-EDI, And MSN009 was originally meant to be A6-EDI, But will now become A6-EDJ.

Image’s Courtesy of David BARRIE and Christophe RAMOS

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A380 Production Update: March 2010 (#1)

2010, 2011, Air France, China Southern, Convoy, Emirates, Final Assembly, 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: January 2010 (#6)

2009, Convoy, Emirates, Final Assembly, Hamburg, Korean Air, MSN009, MSN025, MSN028, MSN030, MSN042, MSN046, MSN056, MSN057, MSN058, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Jan 14 2010

Emirates have announced there A380 delivery schedule for 2010 and they will get eight A380s this year. They will be…

MSN025 – A6-EDH – 18 January 2010
MSN009 – A6-EDI – May 2010
MSN028 – A6-EDJ – June 2010
MSN030 – A6-EDK – July 2010
MSN046 – A6-EDL – August 2010
MSN042 – A6-EDM – September 2010
MSN056 – A6-EDN – October 2010
MSN057 – A6-EDO – November 2010

With the arrival of MSN058 (Singapore Airlines), Korean Airs first A380 (MSN035) is pushed back for a delivery to Q2 of 2011.

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A380 Production Update: November 2009 (#9)

2009, 2010, Emirates, Hamburg, MSN007, MSN009 | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Nov 11 2009

Well we can now glady confirm that MSN007 (Emirates) the refurbished flight test aircraft is now on the flightline and is preparing for delivery on December 12th.

Fully Painted MSN007

Also MSN009 (Emirates) is back on the flightline minus its Airbus titles. It will now probably go back into the paint show for a full Emirates paint.

MSN009 Now White

All Images are Courtesy of Wilco737 (http://www.wilco737.de/)

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