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A380 Production Update: May 2010 (#15)

2010, 2011, Emirates, Final Assembly Line, First Flight, Hamburg, Korean Air, MSN028, MSN035, MSN047, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
May 30 2010

Airbus have finally transferred MSN047 (Qantas #7) to Hamburg for outfitting. The flight occurred on May 27, which was exactly one year after she was rolled out of Final Assembly.


Friday saw the delivery of MSN028, This is the 29th A380 to be delivered and the ninth for Emirates.


And on a final note, One of our forum members spotted the first A380 for Korean Air in the first stage of Final Assembly.


First flight is currently scheduled for around October 20th.

Images Courtesy of: A380Spotter, Phil Gallerand and DigitalAirliners

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A380 Production Update: May 2010 (#6)

2010, Emirates, Hamburg, MSN028, MSN047, MSN050, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
May 13 2010

MSN047 (Qantas #7) is scheduled to make it’s de-storage flight today and then finally ferry to Hamburg on May 17.

MSN047′s sister ship, MSN050 is now targeted to ferry to Hamburg on June 8th.

Emirates have announced that their ninth A380 (MSN028) will be delivered on May 28th.

Images Courtesy of David Barrie and Phil Gallerand

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A380 Production Update: April 2010 (#20)

2010, 2011, Emirates, Final Assembly Line, First Flight, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN028, MSN048, MSN062, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Apr 30 2010

Yesterday morning MSN048  (Lufthansa #4) performed her first flight. The flight was not just her first flight, But her ferry flight to Hamburg as well.

A spotter in Hamburg managed to film MSN048 landing in Hamburg, CLICK HERE to take a look.

MSN062 (Qantas #10) has completed Stage 1 Final Assembly and is now waiting for a spot in Stage 2. At the moment Airbus is upgrading the Stage 2 tools, so MSN062 may have to wait a week or two. We doubt this will have any effect on the delivery schedule.

And finally a video of MSN028 (Emirates #9) during a cabin flight test has been posted to YouTube, Take a look by CLICKING HERE

Images Courtesy of walkbyfeet and A380Spotter

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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 (#8)

2010, 2011, Emirates, Final Assembly Line, First Flight, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN002, MSN028, MSN042, MSN047, MSN048 | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Mar 22 2010

Some interesting news to start the week off. MSN002 (Private) has been transferred from the refitting hangar to the flightline. The frame looks like it’s about to go into long term storage (We are yet to confirm this).

MSN002 is still scheduled for delivery in Q2/Q3 2010, This is now likely to change, So keep checking back.

MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) was rolled out of the Final Assembly Line late last week. MSN048 has been completed for a few weeks, But with a small electrical fault the roll out was delayed.

Delivery for MSN048 is currently scheduled for late Q3 2010. This will most likely slip into Q4.

MSN047 (Qantas #7) was finally moved from the flightline hangars to the flightline last week. MSN047 made it’s first flight in August last year and was put into long term storage at request from Qantas.

MSN047 will be transferred to Hamburg shortly.

The Emirates A380 behind MSN047, is MSN042, the thirteenth for the airline. MSN042 rolled out of Final Assembly two weeks ago, but only now a photo has been sent to us.

MSN028 (Emirates #10) was transferred to the Hamburg flightline last week, after completing four months of outfitting.

Image Courtesy of Phil Gallerand

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