This week a lot of delays have been announced in both sides of the production of the Airbus A380 (Toulouse and Hamburg).
First of all MSN041 the second for Lufhansa was scheduled to roll out of the Final Assembly Line this week and make its first flight around late November. But now we will not see MSN041 roll out of the Final Assembly Line until late November and is now scheduled to make its first flight on the 22nd December 2009 and then ferry to Hamburg on the 6th January 2009. This could be a problem for Lufthansa as they will not get MSN041 till unleast early June 2010. MSN041 was orignally sheduled for delivery on the 30th April 2010.
MSN030 (Emirates) has been delayed just over a week for a first and ferry flight. MSN030 will make its first flight on the 26th November and ferry to Hamurg on the 2nd December.
I am getting from various sources as well that other MSNs such as MSN044 (Lufthansa) and MSN046 (Emirates) will be getting delayed as well.
In Hamburg, MSN007 for Emirates will now be delivered in December. MSN007 was originally scheduled to be delivered in late November.
MSN025 (Emirates) and MSN043 (Air France) have now been delayed until January 2010. They were also scheduled for delivery in December.
A380s that are still scheduled to be delivered this year are MSN033 (Air France) this week, MSN007 (Emirates), MSN023 (Emirates),MSN027 (Qantas), MSN029 (Qantas), MSN040 (Air France). This would only make 12 A380s delivered this year. This would be the same number as last year.
But finally on a good note we can confirm that Convoy #14 was MSN056 (Emirates) and that Convoy #15 is MSN056 and MSN057 (Emirates)
MSN033 (Air France #1) made it’s first visit to Toulouse in over 14 months. The unscheduled stop was due to Iceland’s Volcano.
All Images Courtesy of Marc Schieferdecker
MSN051 will now have its interior installed. And delivery is scheduled for January 2010.
