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.

MSN047 has the upgraded version of the Rolls Royce Trent 900, so it can enter service with Qantas this coming weekend.

Image Courtesy of Clement R

MSN047 is scheduled for delivery later this week.

Image Courtesy of TLaurent

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.

Image Courtesy of Guillaume Besnard

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

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.

Image Courtesy of Spotter-XFW

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.

All componenets except for the center fuselage are currently en route to Toulouse. The center fuselage is expected to arrive later this month on Convoy #16/2010.

Over in Hamburg, both MSN047 (Qantas #7) and MSN056 (Emirates #14) have finished cabin furnishing and are now awaiting to be painted.

MSN056 is expected to be delivered in late October, while MSN047 will be delivered in late November.

Images Courtesy of Aranes380 and Philip Gallerand

Friday saw the delivery of MSN028, This is the 29th A380 to be delivered and the ninth for Emirates.

And on a final note, One of our forum members spotted the first A380 for Korean Air in the first stage of Final Assembly.

First flight is currently scheduled for around October 20th.

Images Courtesy of: A380Spotter, Phil Gallerand and DigitalAirliners

MSN052 (Air France #5) is one of the three, and was rolled out early in week.  Earlier this year MSN052 was put into short term storage at the request of Air France. But now she is back on track.

Also rolling out this week, was MSN057 (Emirates #15). If you can remember earlier in the year MSN057 spent a few weeks on the flightline, while waiting for a spot in second stage Final Assembly.

And last but not least, MSN055 (Qantas #9) which was rolled out late yesterday evening.

MSN055 is the frame on the right.

All Images are Courtesy of DigitalAirliners.com
P.S. There will be more detailed information on each of these frames next week.