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A380 Production Update: August 2010 (#6)

Oliver Gigacz — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:42:06 +0000

Yesterday saw the delivery of Emirates’s twelfth A380 (MSN046).

The delivery flight routed from Hamburg (XFW) to Dubai (DXB) as EK7380.

MSN046 is the thirty fifth A380 to be delivered and the twelfth for 2010.

Image Courtesy of Dennis G

A380 Production Update: August 2010 (#5)

FabienA380 — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:16:43 +0000

Air France’s fifth A380 (MSN052) has finally performed her first flight.

First flight occurred yesterday. She is now on the flightline, waiting for a spot to open up in Hamburg.

Updates from Hamburg:

Air France’s fourth A380 (MSN049) was delivered on Thursday, exactly one year after she was convoyed to Toulouse

Emirates’s twelfth A380 (MSN046) is planned for delivery on Thursday.

Emirates’s thirteenth A380 (MSN042) has been spotted fully painted on the Hamburg flightline. Delivery is expected in September.

Image Courtesy of David BARRIE

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: 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 (#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 (#3)

Oliver Gigacz — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:45:35 +0000

MSN038 (Lufthansa #1) has finally finished in the paint hangar. MSN038 will now be involved in Cabin test flights with delivery to Lufthansa on May 10th.

MSN046 (Emirates #12) was transfered to Hamburg on the 5th February. Emirates is hoping that MSN046 will be delivered in August 2010.

Convoy #3/2010 has been announced and is scheduled to arrive in Toulouse on the 18th February. Convoy #3 will contain a complete frame. All parts other then the forward fuselage will be for MSN065 (Singapore Airlines #13).

Lufthansa Image Courtesy of spiegel.de

A380 Production Update: January 2010 (#13)

Oliver Gigacz — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:45:39 +0000

MSN046 (Emirates #12) has made it’s first flight from Toulouse, France. MSN046 is scheduled for delivery with Emirates in August 2010.

January marked the first time that three A380s made there firsts flights in the same month. So it looks like Airbus is picking up the pace.

Emirates announced this week that by early April the airline will be using the A380 on one of it’s three daily services to Melbourne, Australia.

Two airlines already fly the A380 to Melbourne (Singapore Airlines – Daily, Qantas – 5 weekly – Increasing to daily by the end of 2010) and now with Emirates starting up flights this puts Melbourne in the same place as Sydney (In terms of A380 flights).

Image Courtesy of David Barrie

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 (#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.