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The roll out of MSN047 (Qantas #7) has been delayed from Friday to Monday. The course of the delay is unknown.
MSN050 (Qantas #9) has been scheduled for a roll out in the last week of March. Delivery of MSN050 will be in January 2011.
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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.
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.
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.
Just a quick not on a picture that came up this week of MSN050 for Qantas which is one of two Qantas A380s in Toulouse in storage until Q2 2010. As you can see in the picture MSN050 still has its engines attached and has a yellow storage primer. But the other Qantas A380 does not have its engines but has a yellow storage primer. Both of them are scheduled for delivery in Q4 2010.
Image Courtesy of Dimitri BOISAUBERT
MSN009 (Emirates) was towed to a outfitting hanger earlier in the week. It will now get a coat of paint before moving to the another outfitting hanger for installation of interior. Delivery of MSN009 is scheduled for March 2010.
MSN027 and MSN029 (Qantas) will have there trim fixes in Toulouse, So both of them will be put on the Hamburg flightline shortly before flying to Toulouse and probably having there trim fix done outside as MSN047 and MSN050 also for Qantas are currently stored in the A380 flightline hangers. Both MSN027 and MSN029 are slated for delivery in December 2010.
Roll out of the next A380 on the Final Assembly Line will be MSN041 (Second for Lufthansa) hopefully next week.
This is a quick update of the current status in Toulouse and Hamburg.
MSN038 (First for Lufthansa) first flight has been postponed until October 8th and then make its ferry flight on October 9th.
MSN009 (Emirates) has also been rescheduled for a first and ferry flight on October 12th.
MSN029 (Qantas) has slipped to a December delivery. Qantas will get MSN027 in November.
MSN051 (Singapore Airlines) Delivery of MSN051 may change to early January instead of late December.
MSN047 (Qantas) has had its storage primer applied and its engines removed and is now currently being stored in Hangar L33 of Lagardère Plant. MSN050 (Qantas) is also having this done but will be stored in Hangar L32 next to Hangar L33
MSN052 (Air France) today entered Final Assembly. It currently has a scheduled first flight for April 4th.
A380Spotter has once again visited the flightline in Toulouse and has taken some great shots.
Here is MSN047 for Qantas with storage primer and is now air tight with it being taped up. Behind it is MSN028 and MSN009 for Emirates.
Here is MSN002 for Prince Al in the refurbishing hall. MSN002 should be rolled onto the flightline before years end.
This is another refurbished A380, this one is MSN009 for Emirates and is scheduled to make its first flight on October 5th.
And finally MSN038 for Lufthansa which is also scheduled to make its first flight on October 5th.
All images are Courtesy of A380Spotter
Just a quick update on the flightline.
MSN038 has now got a first flight date of 5th October and ferry flight on 9th October.
MSN047 is back on the flightline with its engines removed and orange storag primer.
MSN050 is having its storage primer applied and engines removed.
MSN009 for Emirates has been rolled out of the refurbishing halls and is now on the flightline. MSN009 was originally the prototype 861 model but has now been refurbished for a commerical airline. It is located between the Lufthansa tail and the Emirates tail. (CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE. Also MSN050 for Qantas has taken MSN009s spot in the refurbishing hall for storage until May 2010. MSN009 is scheduled to make its first flight on the 5th October.
Image is Courtesy of mba340
