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A380 Production Update: July 2010 (#14)

Oliver Gigacz — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:12:50 +0000

Today, Lufthansa’s third A380 (MSN044) performed a RTO (Rejected Take Off) in preparation for it’s first cabin test flight, tomorrow.

Delivery of MSN044 is scheduled for early August.

Image Courtesy of Philippe Gallerand

A380 Production Update: May 2010 (#8)

Oliver Gigacz — Sat, 15 May 2010 06:49:59 +0000

A lot of people have been asking on the forum about the delivery dates for certain frames, So to quickly answer all those questions here are the delivery dates that we know of.

MSN041 (Lufthansa #2) – June 2010
MSN030 (Emirates #11) – July 2010
MSN044 (Lufthansa #3) – July 2010
MSN046 (Emirates #12) – August 2010
MSN042 (Emirates #13) – September 2010
MSN049 (Air France #4) – September 2010
MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) – October 2010
MSN056 (Emirates #14) – October 2010
MSN047 (Qantas #7) – November 2010
MSN057 (Emirates #15) – December 2010
MSN050 (Qantas #8) – January 2011
MSN055 (Qantas #9) – January 2011
MSN061 (Lufthansa #5) – January 2011

All Dates are Subject to Change

(The delivery dates for MSN035, MSN052, MSN058, MSN062, MSN064, MSN065, MSN066, MSN069, MSN071 will be posted soon)

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: February 2010 (#10)

Oliver Gigacz — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:36:03 +0000

MSN044 (Lufthansa #3) was transfered to Hamburg for Outfitting on the 17th February. MSN044 will have a bit of wait in Hamburg before a slot opens up in the Outfitting hangars.

Lufthansa is scheduled to take delivery of MSN044 in July/August.

Image Copyright: Yvan Panas

A380 Production Update: February 2010 (#8)

Oliver Gigacz — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:33:36 +0000

MSN044 (Lufthansa #3) completed its first flight on the 15th February. MSN044 will be transferred to Hamburg for outfitting shortly.

MSN043 (Air France #3) has been rolled out of the Hamburg hangars and is now in final preparations before delivery in March.

Convoy #3/2010 will arrive in Toulouse tomorrow and allow MSN065 (Singapore Airlines #13) to begin Body Join.

Image Copyright of Mary Heartman

A380 Production Update: February 2010 (#7)

Oliver Gigacz — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:17:03 +0000

MSN057 (Emirates #15) has finished it’s first part of Final Assembly which included having The flaps installed, Some Belly Fairing, the APU and many “Under the Hood” parts.

MSN057 is currently sitting on the flightline waiting to switch spaces with MSN048 (Lufthansa #4). MSN048 should be rolled out of the Final Assembly Line late this week.

The final parts for MSN057 arrived in Toulouse on the 12th November and has only taken 92 days to get to this stage. This is a dramatic increase in time for Body Join and the first stages of Final Assembly.

This also means the production in Toulouse is speeding up but over in Hamburg, Outfitting is staying very much the same.

We expect by late April that MSN042 (Emirates), MSN047 (Qantas), MSN050 (Qantas), MSN052 (Air France) and possibly MSN056 (Emirates) to be completed.

But at the same time all the Outfitting slots in Hamburg will be already be occupied by…

MSN030 (Emirates), MSN041 (Lufthansa), MSN044 (Lufthansa), MSN046 (Emirates) MSN048 (Lufthansa) and MSN049 (Air France).

This means that Outfitting must be dramatically increased to get the twenty odd scheduled A380s for 2010 delivery to actually being delivered this year.

A380 Production Update: February 2010 (#6)

Oliver Gigacz — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:41:35 +0000

MSN044 (Lufthansa #3) performed a Rejected Take Off test on Friday and was scehduled to fly on Saturday but due to bad weather is was cancelled. First flight is now scheduled for Monday (Pending Weather).

Convoy #3/2010 is scheduled to start on Monday. Convoy #3 will carry a Center and Rear fuselage sections, a Wing Set and a Tailplane for MSN058 (Singapore Airlines #12), Plus a Forward Fuselage for a unknown new MSN.

A380 Production Update: February 2010 (#5)

Oliver Gigacz — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:40:39 +0000

Lufthansa’s third A380 (MSN044) is scheduled to make a Rejected Take Off today and pending weather conditions will make its first flight tomorrow.

MSN040 (Air France #2) is finally scheduled for delivery on the 10th. She is scheduled to make her first trip on the 17th February to Johannesburg

MSN049 (Air France #4) has been scheduled for a first flight in the last week of February.

Lufthansa Image Copyright to mhettic

A380 Production Update: January 2010 (#11)

Oliver Gigacz — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:29:27 +0000

MSN046 (Emirates #12) has begun taxi tests and should make her first flight this week. She will be the second A380 transfered to Hamburg this week. The other being MSN041 for Lufthansa.

MSN044 (Lufthansa #3) is the next A380 to fly. If all goes to plan 044 should fly around the 8th February. MSN049 (Air France #4) is currently having the final escape slides installed. After being installed she will be moved to the engine test bay.

MSN049 (Image Courtesty of A380Spotter)

A380 Production Update: January 2010 (#7)

Oliver Gigacz — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:52:19 +0000

MSN030 (Emirates #11) performed it’s first flight on the 14th January and ferried straight to Hamburg for outfitting. Toulouse had poor weather on the 14th so no pictures of the first flight were taken. But here is one of MSN030 performing a rejected take off, the day before.

The first picture of MSN044 (Lufthansa #3) has popped up. It’s test registration is F-WWSJ which was changed from F-WWAJ when it was in the Final Assembly Line. We don’t know why. Also note that it’s lower rudder is white.

MSN049 (Air France #4) was rolled out of the Final Assembly Line on the 14th January. This makes a spot available in Final Assembly for MSN061 (Lufthansa #5). You can see the tail of MSN049 in the photo. We will try and get a better shot for you next week.