Supplying The World With The Latest A380 News
Yesterday saw the delivery of Emirates’s fourteenth A380 (MSN056).
The delivery flight was a direct service to Dubai, with EK7380 as the flight number. Emirates has registered the airframe as”A6-EDN” and is expecting “A6-EDO” (MSN057) later this month.
Image Courtesy of Phil Gallerand
Late last week we saw the roll out of MSN047 (Qantas #7) in Hamburg, this is the first roll out of a Qantas frame this year.
A valuable member of the forum has provided us with a production update:
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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.
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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.
Qantas’s twelfth A380 (MSN074) has been confirmed as the new frame being carried on Convoy #17/2010.
The forward and rear fuselage, as well as the wings were the components convoyed. The center fuselage and tail plane are scheduled to arrive in a few weeks on Convoy #18/2010.
Earlier this week Singapore Airlines thirteenth A380 (MSN065) performed it’s first flight. MSN065 has since been transferred to Hamburg for outfitting.
Two Emirates frames can also be seen in the picture above, MSN056 and MSN057 which both completed outfitting yesterday.
Images Courtesy of Aranes380 and Linie 9
Qantas’s eleventh A380 (MSN063) has been confirmed as the new frame being transported on Convoy #15/2010.
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
Air France’s fifth A380 (MSN052) has finally performed her first flight.
First flight occurred yesterday. She is now on the flightline, waiting for a spot to open up in Hamburg.
Updates from Hamburg:
Air France’s fourth A380 (MSN049) was delivered on Thursday, exactly one year after she was convoyed to Toulouse
Emirates’s twelfth A380 (MSN046) is planned for delivery on Thursday.
Emirates’s thirteenth A380 (MSN042) has been spotted fully painted on the Hamburg flightline. Delivery is expected in September.
Image Courtesy of David BARRIE
This week has seen the roll out of three A380′s from the Final Assembly Line. This is great news, as the previous roll out (MSN056) was almost two months ago.
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.
MSN070 (Lufthansa #8) has been confirmed as the new frame being delivered on Convoy #9/2010. The tailplane, Wing Pair and Forward and Rear Fuselage are being carried on the Convoy. The center fuselage will arrive on Convoy #10 in early June.
In our last post we mentioned that yesterday MSN056 (Emirates #14) was transferred to Hamburg for Outfitting. We forgot to mention that this was also her first flight.
Image Courtesy of Forum Member sprocky
