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Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Jul
06
2010
Late last week, Emirates eleventh A380 (MSN030) was delivered to the airline at a ceremony in Toulouse.
This now makes Emirates the largest operator of the A380 with eleven SuperJumbo’s in its fleet, while Singapore Airlines has ten, Qantas has six, Air France has three and Lufthansa has one.
Late last week also saw the return of MSN052 (Air France #5) to the flightline. MSN052 had been spending the last month or two in the flightline hangars where she had some Final Assembly work done.
Images Courtesy of Jean-Claude MAURAN and David BARRIE
The first pictures of Korean Air’s second A380 (MSN039) are starting to appear online, With the majority of them being taken by our good friend BlackBear_31.
And as Convoy #11/2010 completes in long journey, Convoy #12/2010 is announced. The convoy will be carrying a complete frame except for a center fuselage. Convoy #12 is likely to be the last before the summer break.
And on a final note, tomorrow should see the delivery of Emirates eleventh A380 (MSN030), But we will have more on that in the coming days.
MSN030 (Emirates #11) has completed her first “Post Outfitting” flight after finishing in the hangars late last month.
Delivery is currently scheduled for the 25th June.
Singapore Airlines twelfth A380 (MSN058) has surprised us all, with completing Final Assembly a week ahead of schedule.
She is currently situated next to MSN002 on the second side of the flightline. Current reports indicate that she will fly to Hamburg on July 14th.
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
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
