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)

A spotter in Hamburg managed to film MSN048 landing in Hamburg, CLICK HERE to take a look.

MSN062 (Qantas #10) has completed Stage 1 Final Assembly and is now waiting for a spot in Stage 2. At the moment Airbus is upgrading the Stage 2 tools, so MSN062 may have to wait a week or two. We doubt this will have any effect on the delivery schedule.

And finally a video of MSN028 (Emirates #9) during a cabin flight test has been posted to YouTube, Take a look by CLICKING HERE

Images Courtesy of walkbyfeet and A380Spotter

A 2010 delivery is still possible, But is likely to slip into 2011.

MSN050′s sister-ship (MSN047 Qantas #7) will be transferred to Hamburg this week.

MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) completed it’s first taxi tests on Monday and is scheduled to make a Rejected Take Off test today or Wednesday. With first flight to be around Thursday or Friday.

Emirates has made some registration changes to MSN009 and MSN028.

MSN028 was originally meant to be A6-EDJ, But will now become A6-EDI, And MSN009 was originally meant to be A6-EDI, But will now become A6-EDJ.

Image’s Courtesy of David BARRIE and Christophe RAMOS

]]> http://a380production.com/2010/04/48tt/feed/ 0 http://a380production.com/2010/04/64tf/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=64tf http://a380production.com/2010/04/64tf/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:49:20 +0000 Oliver Gigacz http://a380production.com/?p=922 Yesterday MSN064 (Air France #6) completed Body Join and was subsequently transferred to Final Assembly. MSN064 completed Body Join in just under a month.

The next A380 to begin Body Join will be MSN066 (Lufthansa #6) when it’s last major components are Convoyed to Toulouse late this week.

MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) successfully completed it’s first engine run on Friday. Taxi tests are scheduled to start tomorrow.

MSN033 (Air France #1) made it’s first visit to Toulouse in over 14 months. The unscheduled stop was due to Iceland’s Volcano.

All Images Courtesy of Marc Schieferdecker

MSN047 (Qantas #7) – Ferry Flight – April 15th
MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) – First Flight – April 15th – Ferry Flight – April 21st
MSN056 (Emirates #14) – First Flight – April 23rd – Ferry Flight – April 29th
MSN057 (Emirates #15) – First Flight – May 25th – Ferry Flight – June 3rd
MSN052 (Air France #5) – First Flight – August 9th – Ferry Flight – September 27th

Convoy #6/2010 began late last night and is on schedule to arrive in Toulouse early on April 8th.

MSN056 can be seen behind MSN047.

MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) is now going through final checks, prior to it’s first engine run late next week.

We mentioned in our last post, That MSN002 (Private) is to be stored on the flightline until 2012. Well due the large number of A380s already on the flightline, MSN002 has been transferred to a hangar.

Images Courtesy of DigitalAirliners

MSN002 is still scheduled for delivery in Q2/Q3 2010, This is now likely to change, So keep checking back.

MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) was rolled out of the Final Assembly Line late last week. MSN048 has been completed for a few weeks, But with a small electrical fault the roll out was delayed.

Delivery for MSN048 is currently scheduled for late Q3 2010. This will most likely slip into Q4.

MSN047 (Qantas #7) was finally moved from the flightline hangars to the flightline last week. MSN047 made it’s first flight in August last year and was put into long term storage at request from Qantas.

MSN047 will be transferred to Hamburg shortly.

The Emirates A380 behind MSN047, is MSN042, the thirteenth for the airline. MSN042 rolled out of Final Assembly two weeks ago, but only now a photo has been sent to us.

MSN028 (Emirates #10) was transferred to the Hamburg flightline last week, after completing four months of outfitting.

Image Courtesy of Phil Gallerand

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.

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.

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.