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As the holiday season draws closer, the production lines in Toulouse and Hamburg begin to slow down.
So don’t be concerned if there aren’t many updates over the next month or so. The production will be back in full swing in late January.
Qantas’s seventh A380 (MSN047) hopefully will be delivered today, after being delayed several times this week. MSN047 is scheduled to arrive in Sydney on Thursday.
Qantas’s seventh A380 (MSN047) will be delivered this coming Wednesday, with it ferrying from Toulouse to Sydney, via Singapore.
MSN047 has the upgraded version of the Rolls Royce Trent 900, so it can enter service with Qantas this coming weekend.
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Qantas’s seventh A380 (MSN047) has arrived in Toulouse for some pre-delivery checks.
MSN047 is scheduled for delivery later this week.
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Yesterday, Korean Air’s first A380 (MSN035) performed her first flight.
MSN035 flew direct to Hamburg, and arrived at around 16:00 local time. Outfitting will not begin immediately, she will have to wait for Lufthansa’s fifth A380 (MSN061) to finish first.
We have had a lot of questions about Qantas’s upcoming A380 deliveries, to see if they have had upgraded Trent 900 engines installed. We can confirm that Qantas’s next four A380s, MSN047, MSN050, MSN055 and MSN062 do have upgraded Trent 900′s and will not require a refurbishment or replacement.
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Yesterday, Korean Air’s first A380 (MSN035) performed her first taxi tests.
This will be followed shortly by a Rejected Take Off, with her first flight soon after.
Singapore Airlines fourteenth A380 (MSN071) has performed her maiden flight, but did not fly to Hamburg.
Over in Hamburg, MSN047 (Qantas #7) is still undertaking taxi tests. She will be transferred to Toulouse prior to delivery later this month.
Image Courtesy of Clement R. and Michael Frost
Qantas’s seventh A380 (MSN047) has finally been painted and had it’s cabin interior completed.
MSN047 along with MSN050 (Qantas #8) performed their first flights in August last year, but were put into long term storage until Q2 2010 at Qantas’s request.
Delivery of MSN047 is currently scheduled for the middle of November.
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Late last week we saw the roll out of MSN047 (Qantas #7) in Hamburg, this is the first roll out of a Qantas frame this year.
A valuable member of the forum has provided us with a production update:
Toulouse
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Both MSN066 (Lufthansa #6) and MSN035 (Korean Air #1) are scheduled to have their First Flights in October, with Ferry Flights to Hamburg in October for MSN066, and early November for MSN035.
MSN064 (Air France #6) is planned to fly to Hamburg this week.
In Hamburg
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MSN047 (Qantas #7), MSN056 (Emirates #14) and MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) are currently standing on the flightline.
MSN055 (Qantas #9) and MSN057 (Emirates #15) are both in flightline hangars, having some final outfitting work done. MSN055 is not painted yet, and will go in for painting when MSN050 (Qantas #8) is done.
MSN050 will finish in the paint hangars next week.
Only 5 of the 6 outfitting bays are currently being occupied. MSN064 for Air France will take spot #6 in the next few weeks.
