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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: February 2010 (#1)

2010, Air France, Convoy, Emirates, Final Assembly Hall, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN041, MSN042, MSN052, MSN056, MSN058, MSN065, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Feb 02 2010

Another one of our forum members has visited Toulouse and has done the A380 factory tour. Here is the report.

MSN056 (Emirates #14)

Stand L55 (30-A)
Pylons installed.
No APU and no Belly Fairings.

MSN052 (Air France #5)

Stand L53 (30-B)
No Engines Installed and None Noticed Around
APU and Engine pylons installed, no belly fairing yet.
HF-and VOR-antennas seem to be installed, aswell as the camera inside the Vertical tail plane.

MSN042 (Emirates #13)

Stand L51 (30-C)
All flaps and slats seem to be installed.
Engine Pylons installed. But no Engines
No APU and no Belly fairings yet.
Vertical tail plane looks untouched, So HF and VOR-antennas might be missing aswell as the Camera.

MSN041 (Lufthansa #2) was not seen which means it should now in Hamburg for outfitting.

Convoy #2 was spotted eariler today and we can glady confirm that the forward fuselage is MSN065 (Singapore Airlines #13). The other pieces of the convoy are for MSN058 (Singapore Airlines #12).

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A380 Production Update: December 2009 (#19)

2009, 2010, Air France, Emirates, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN023, MSN029, MSN041, MSN046, MSN052, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Dec 24 2009

One of our trusty forums members has visited Toulouse and has come up with some great photos and news.

MSN052 (Air France #5) has been moved finally into the Final Assembly Line after lengthy stay on the flightline. She is currently situated in Station 30B.

MSN041 (Lufthansa #2) has now purple sheets covering the whole engines. This leads us to think that MSN041 will be spending more time on the flightline.

We also have the first shot of MSN046 (Emirates #12).

MSN023 (Emirates #7) was delivered to the airline on December 22nd. MSN023 is the 23rd A380 delivered. MSN029 (Qantas #6) is scheduled to be delivered on December 27th.

Images are Copyright and Courtesy of FabienA380.

This wraps up A380 Movements before Christmas. Our first after Christmas should be Boxing Day.

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A380 Production Update: December 2009 (#18)

2009, 2010, Air France, Emirates, Lufthansa, MSN027, MSN041, MSN042, MSN052, MSN057, MSN061, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Dec 21 2009

MSN042 (Emirates #13) has finally entered Final Assembly after several weeks on the flightline. You can see a picture of the flightline below and you can only see MSN052 (Air France #5) and MSN041 (Lufthansa #2).

MSN057 (Emirates #15) has finished body join and will soon be transfered to Final Assembly. MSN061 (Lufthansa #5) will take MSN057’s spot in body join after Christmas.

MSN027 (Qantas #5) was supposed to arrive in Sydney from Toulouse (via Singapore) on Sunday night, but was delayed in Singapore and due to Sydney Airports curfew it was delivered in Melbourne. This is the first delivery of an Airbus A380 in Melbourne. Melbourne airport usually gets deliveries of Qantas’s Boeing B737s and Airbus A330s.

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A380 Production Update: December 2009 (#10)

2009, 2010, Air France, Emirates, Final Assembly Hall, Lufthansa, MSN027, MSN041, MSN042, MSN046, MSN049, MSN052, MSN056, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Dec 10 2009

A surprise to us today was that MSN052 (Air France #5) has turned up on the flightline and is looking much the same as MSN042 (Emirates #13). It looks like she has just finished body join and awaiting a spot in the Final Assembly Line. So we now have two A380s waiting for spots in the FAL.

There is one space free in the FAL at the moment and another to open up shortly when MSN046 (Emirates #11) is transferred to the flightline.

There is another possibility that MSN056 (Emirates #14) has taken MSN041’s (Lufthansa #2 – On Flightline) spot in the FAL which would mean that either MSN042 or MSN052 will have to wait for MSN049 (Air France #4) to exit the FAL which is not scheduled until January/February.

We we will have more info on the MSN052 matter in the next 24 hours so stay tuned.

In other news with MSN027 (Qantas #5) will be delivered either Friday or Saturday.

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A380 Production Update: October 2009 (#3)

2009, 2010, Air France, Emirates, Final Assembly Hall, First Flight, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN007, MSN009, MSN027, MSN028, MSN029, MSN038, MSN047, MSN050, MSN051, MSN052, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Oct 03 2009

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.

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