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A380 Production Update: May 2010 (#9)

2010, Emirates, First Flight, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN038, MSN047, MSN056, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
May 17 2010

This week will mark the entry of the fifth airline to utilize the A380, With Lufthansa scheduled to receive their first (MSN038) on May 19th.


Lufthansa will start taking paying passengers on June 11th on the Frankfurt to Tokyo route.

Today, MSN056 (Emirates #14) was transferred to Hamburg for Outfitting and Painting. Delivery is currently scheduled for October.

MSN047 (Qantas #7) is also scheduled to make it’s ferry flight to Hamburg today, But this is likely to change to Wednesday or Thursday.

Image Courtesy of Christoph Meyer

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A380 Production Update: May 2010 (#8)

2010, 2011, Air France, Emirates, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN030, MSN041, MSN042, MSN044, MSN046, MSN047, MSN048, MSN049, MSN050, MSN055, MSN056, MSN057, MSN061, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
May 15 2010

A lot of people have been asking on the forum about the delivery dates for certain frames, So to quickly answer all those questions here are the delivery dates that we know of.

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)

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A380 Production Update: May 2010 (#4)

2010, Emirates, Final Assembly, First Flight, Hamburg, MSN047, MSN056, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
May 09 2010

MSN056 (Emirates #14) has begun taxi testing and is scheduled to make her first flight this week. It is unknown if she will be transferred to Hamburg or if she will stay in Toulouse, Waiting for a spot to open up in Outfitting.


If MSN056 was to transfer this week, MSN047 (Qantas #7) will have to wait even longer before she begins Outfitting.

Image Courtesy of Christophe RAMOS

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A380 Production Update: April 2010 (#4)

2010, 2011, Air France, Emirates, First Flight, Lufthansa, MSN047, MSN048, MSN052, MSN056, MSN057, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Apr 06 2010

Last night I received an email from an insider at Airbus, giving us first and ferry flight details the next few A380s. (All dates are subject to change)

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.

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A380 Production Update: April 2010 (#2)

2010, 2011, 2012, Air France, Emirates, Final Assembly, Lufthansa, MSN002, MSN042, MSN047, MSN048, MSN052, MSN056, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Apr 02 2010

To finish off the week, a surprise. MSN056 (Emirates #14) has finished Final Assembly and is now situated on the flightline next to MSN047 (Qantas #7). This really was a real surprise to us, as we thought MSN052 (Air France #5) would be completed first. This makes two A380s to jump ahead of MSN052, the first being MSN042 (Emirates #13).

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

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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 (#1)

2010, 2011, Air France, China Southern, Convoy, Emirates, Final Assembly, 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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