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A380 Production Update: March 2010 (#5)

2009, 2010, 2011, Air France, Emirates, First Flight, Lufthansa, MSN047, MSN048, MSN050, MSN052, MSN056, MSN057, MSN071, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Mar 15 2010

This week is looking to be a very quiet week. So for the moment we will be posting an production update from the Toulouse line.

MSN047 (Qantas #7) will roll out on Tuesday.
MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) is complete and will roll out late this week.
MSN050 (Qantas #9) is still on scheduled to roll out in early April.
MSN052 (Air France #5) is scheduled to roll out late this week or early next week.
MSN056 (Emirates #14) is scheduled to roll out in late April.
MSN057 (Emirates #15) is scheduled to roll out in the middle of June.
MSN071 (Singapore Airlines #14) will start body join on Wednesday.

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A380 Production Update: March 2010 (#4)

2010, Air France, Convoy, Emirates, Lufthansa, MSN042, MSN048, MSN052, MSN057, MSN064, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Mar 10 2010

Convoy #5/2010 has been announced and is scheduled to arrive in Toulouse on the 24th March. Convoy #5 will be carrying the Center and Rear Fuselage for MSN064 (Air France #6).

In our last post we mentioned that spotters in Toulouse reportedly claimed that MSN042 (Emirates #12) was on the flightline. We can now confirm this is true and that MSN042 is complete.

The roll out of MSN042 is a surprise to us as MSN042 arrived in Toulouse after MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) and MSN052 (Air France #5). We are unsure if Emirates requested that MSN042 be put ahead of MSN048 and MSN052, or if there were delays in the production of MSN048 and MSN052.

MSN048 is on target to be rolled out late this week.

Last Thursday night MSN057 (Emirates #15) reentered Final Assembly after a months stay on the flightline waiting for MSN042 to be completed.

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A380 Production Update: March 2010 (#3)

2010, 2011, Air France, China Southern, Convoy, Emirates, Final Assembly Hall, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN042, MSN043, MSN047, MSN048, MSN051, MSN052, MSN064, MSN066, MSN071, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Mar 08 2010

Convoy #4/2010 has arrived in Toulouse bringing a Center and Rear Fuselage for MSN071 (Singapore Airlines #14). A tail plane, also for MSN071 arrived with the convoy.

Convoy #4 also carried a Forward Fuselage and a Wing Pair for MSN064 (Air France #6).


This is a surprise to us as MSN066 (Lufthansa #6) and MSN031 (China Southern #1) were both scheduled to be convoyed ahead of MSN064.

In other A380 news, the roll out of MSN047 (Qantas #07), MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) and MSN052 (Air France #5) has been delayed into this week.

Several spotters have reported that MSN042 (Emirates #13) is on the flightline. We cannot confirm or deny this at this stage.

MSN043 (Air France #3) will begin cabin test flights in Hamburg this week. MSN043 is currently scheduled to be delivered later in the month.

MSN051 (Singapore Airlines #11) will also start cabin test flights soon. Test flights will probably start late this week or early next week.

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A380 Production Update: March 2010 (#1)

2010, 2011, Air France, China Southern, Convoy, Emirates, Final Assembly Hall, Hamburg, Korean Air, Lufthansa, MSN002, MSN009, MSN028, MSN030, MSN031, MSN035, MSN038, MSN041, MSN042, MSN043, MSN044, MSN046, MSN047, MSN048, MSN049, MSN050, MSN051, MSN052, MSN055, MSN056, MSN057, MSN058, MSN061, MSN062, MSN065, MSN066, MSN069, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Mar 01 2010

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.

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A380 Production Update: February 2010 (#13)

2010, 2011, Air France, Final Assembly Hall, First Flight, Lufthansa, MSN002, MSN047, MSN048, MSN049, MSN050, MSN052, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Feb 28 2010

MSN049 (Air France #4) was transferred to Hamburg for Outfitting at the end of last week. MSN049 has quite a wait ahead, as there are no slots for Outfitting at the moment and wont be for a few weeks.

Last week we got an email with some very useful information in it. The email contained dates of notice in the A380 production line, and this week will be a big week.

We will see the roll out of MSN047 (Qantas #7), MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) and MSN052 (Air France #5). MSN047 will be transferred to Hamburg in the last week of March. First flight dates for MSN048 and MSN052 have not been announced yet.

MSN050 (Qantas #8) will be rolled out in April and be transferred to Hamburg for Outfitting in May.

MSN002 (Private) will be rolled out of the refitting hangars in late June/July. MSN002 will be delivered in August.

Image Courtesy of YPSpotter.

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A380 Production Update: February 2010 (#7)

2010, Air France, Emirates, Final Assembly Hall, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN030, MSN041, MSN042, MSN044, MSN046, MSN047, MSN048, MSN049, MSN050, MSN052, MSN056, MSN057, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Feb 15 2010

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.

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A380 Production Update: December 2009 (#13)

2009, 2010, Air France, Emirates, Final Assembly Hall, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN025, MSN044, MSN046, MSN048, MSN049, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Dec 14 2009

MSN046 (Emirates #12) has been rolled out the Final Assembly Line in Toulouse with engines attached and almost ready to fly with just a few more touches needed before first flighht in early January.

This now leaves three slots free in the Final Assembly Line. Which are MSN044 (Lufthansa #3), MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) and MSN049 (Air France #4). Two A380s waiting for Final Assembly are also on the flightline MSN042 (Emirates #13) and MSN052 (Air France #5). They should be moved back into Final Assembly before Christmas. We have now confirmed why they are on the flightline and not put instantly into Final Assembly. We have sourced that Airbus is upgrading the tools in the Final Assembly to apply some basic outfitting parts to ease the stress on Hamburg.

Emirates confirmed this week that MSN025 (#8) will be delivered on the 15th January 2010.

No interesting pictures this week. So here is one of MSN027 (Qantas #5) on the test flight.

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A380 Production Update: November 2009 (#13)

2010, 2011, Lufthansa, MSN038, MSN041, MSN044, MSN048, MSN061, MSN066, MSN069, MSN070 | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Nov 15 2009

Lufthansa have updated their delivery dates for the A380. Instead of March now MSN038 (1st) will be delivered in May. Here is the list.

D-AIMA – MSN038 – 31.05.2010
D-AIMB – MSN041 – 30.06.2010
D-AIMC – MSN044 – 31.07.2010
D-AIMD – MSN048 – 30.09.2010
D-AIME – MSN061 – 31.01.2011
D-AIMF – MSN066 – 28.02.2011
D-AIMG – MSN069 – 30.04.2011
D-AIMH – MSN070 – 30.04.2011

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A380 Production Update: September 2009 (#12)

2009, 2010, 2011, Convoy, Lufthansa, MSN038, MSN041, MSN044, MSN048, MSN051, MSN061, MSN066, MSN069, MSN070, MSN072, MSN073, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Sep 13 2009

This week Lufthansa announced its delivery schedule for there A380’s. There first MSN038 will be delivered in March (As planned).

D-AIMA (038) 31/03/10
D-AIMB (041) 30/04/10
D-AIMC (044) 31/05/10
D-AIMD (048) 30/06/10
D-AIME (061) 31/07/10
D-AIMF (066) 28/02/11
D-AIMG (069) 31/03/11
D-AIMH (070) 30/04/11
D-AIMI (072) 31/05/11
D-AIMJ (073) 30/06/11

This would mean that MSN061 would have to arrive in Toulouse on either Convoy #12 or #13 to make that schedule.

A member on our forum has pointed out that MSN051 for Singapore Airlines has a Qantas nacelle on its #4 engine.

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A380 Production Update: August 2009 (#17)

2009, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN048, MSN050, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Aug 29 2009

The eighth A380 for Qantas MSN050 made its first flight on the 28th August. It will now be stored along with MSN047 in a hanger in Toulouse till Q2 next year then making its way to Hamburg for outfitting.

Also the tail for the fourth A380 for Lufthansa MSN048 has made it to Toulouse to be joined with the rest of its body.

Image Courtesy of Heiko Stolzke

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