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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

A380 Production Update: April 2010 (#18)

Oliver Gigacz — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:33:57 +0000

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

A380 Production Update: March 2010 (#1)

Oliver Gigacz — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:08:52 +0000

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.

A380 Production Update: January 2010 (#6)

Oliver Gigacz — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:55:34 +0000

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.

A380 Production Update: November 2009 (#9)

Oliver Gigacz — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:44:31 +0000

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.

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.

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

A380 Production Update: November 2009 (#4)

Oliver Gigacz — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:47:56 +0000

Well a few days we gave you a briefing of the Toulouse situation so here is the Hamburg situation.

A380 Fitting Hall:
MSN029: A380-842 F-WWSA Qantas (Full Colour Scheme) [VH-OQF} (Delivery: Decemeber 2009)
MSN038: A380-841 F-WWSH Lufthansa (Tail Painted Only) [D-AIMA] (Delivery: March 2010)
MSN040: A380-861 F-WWSE Air France (Full Colour Scheme) [F-HPJB] (Delivery: December 2009)
MSN043: A380-861 F-WWAB Air France (Full Colour Scheme) [F-HPJC] (Delivery: January 2010)

A380 Paint Shop: 221:
MSN025: A380-861 F-WWSV Emirates (Being Painted) [A6-EDH] (Delivery: January 2010)

A380 Hangar: 106:
MSN007: A380-861 F-WWJB Emirates (Full Colour Scheme) [A6-EDF] (Delivery: December 2009)
MSN023: A380-861 F-WWST Emirates (Full Colour Scheme) [A6-EDG] (Delivery: December 2009)

Flightline Hangar: 106:
MSN028: A380-861 F-WWSZ Emirates (Tail Painted Only) [A6-EDI] (Delivery: April 2010)
MSN051: A380-841 F-WWAH Singapore (Full Colour Scheme) [9V-SKK] (Delivery: February 2010)

A380 Hangar: 211:
MSN027 A380-842 F-WWSY Qantas (Full Colour Scheme) [VH-OQE] (Delivery: December 2009)

A380 Hangar: 212:
MSN009 A380-861 F-WWEA Emirates (Green Primer Only) (Delivery: April 2010)

Thanks to UK380 for info.

A380 Production Update: October 2009 (#23)

Oliver Gigacz — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:57:07 +0000

The first pictures of Convoy #15 have arrived and of course it is MSN056 and MSN057 both for Emirates. MSN056 will enter body join first as the rest of MSN057 will come on Convoy #16, most likely in two weeks time.

Emirates now have ten A380s in the late production stages (MSN007,MSN009,MSN023,MSN025,MSN028,MSN030,MSN042,MSN046,MSN056,MSN057). This means by the end of 2010 Emirates will have 15 A380s in service.

Images are Courtesy of Aranes380

A380 Production Update: October 2009 (#19)

Oliver Gigacz — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:14:08 +0000

MSN009 (Emirates) was towed to a outfitting hanger earlier in the week. It will now get a coat of paint before moving to the another outfitting hanger for installation of interior. Delivery of MSN009 is scheduled for March 2010.

MSN027 and MSN029 (Qantas) will have there trim fixes in Toulouse, So both of them will be put on the Hamburg flightline shortly before flying to Toulouse and probably having there trim fix done outside as MSN047 and MSN050 also for Qantas are currently stored in the A380 flightline hangers. Both MSN027 and MSN029 are slated for delivery in December 2010.

Roll out of the next A380 on the Final Assembly Line will be MSN041 (Second for Lufthansa) hopefully next week.