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A380 Production Update: June 2010 (#6)

Oliver Gigacz — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:46:10 +0000

Emirates’s fifteenth A380 (MSN057) performed her first flight on June 11th, This also happened to be her ferry flight to Hamburg.

MSN046 (Emirates #12) has been rolled out of the Hamburg outfitting hangars and is now situated on the flightline next to MSN041 (Lufthansa #2). Delivery is currently scheduled for July 23rd.

Image Courtesy of David BARRIE

A380 Production Update: June 2010 (#2)

Oliver Gigacz — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:30:54 +0000

Yesterday, MSN057 (Emirates #15) performed her first taxi tests.

A Rejected Take Off will performed early next week, With her first flight to follow to shortly.

In other news, MSN009 and MSN030 (Emirates) are likely be delivered frin Toulouse instead of Hamburg, Which is Emirate’s usual delivery port. We are yet to confirm this.

Update: We can now confirm MSN030 WILL be delivered in Toulouse. MSN009 is still To Be Confirmed.

Image Courtesy of Yannick Delamarre

A380 Production Update: May 2010 (#16)

Oliver Gigacz — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:46:28 +0000

A photo has been uploaded to flickr which is giving us a good look at what is going on in the “Stage 2″ area of Final Assembly.

The three frames that can be seen in this photo are MSN065 (Singapore Airlines #13), MSN064 (Air France #6) and MSN071 (Singapore Airlines #14). All of these frames still have quite a lot of work to go, So we won’t expect to see them on the flightline for a month or two.

We can confirm that MSN057 (Emirates #15) will be the next A380 to transfer to Hamburg, as MSN052 (Air France #5) still has part of it’s APU missing and MSN055 (Qantas #9) is missing at least one escape slide.

Images Courtesy of matze-man

A380 Production Update: May 2010 (#14)

Oliver Gigacz — Thu, 27 May 2010 01:39:27 +0000

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.

A380 Production Update: May 2010 (#8)

Oliver Gigacz — Sat, 15 May 2010 06:49:59 +0000

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)

A380 Production Update: April 2010 (#15)

Oliver Gigacz — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:00:25 +0000

MSN065 (Singapore Airlines #13) has been spotted on the flightline, Fresh from Body Join. The frame is waiting for MSN057 (Emirates #15) to finish final assembly, which should be next week. You can see the tail of MSN065 in the picture below.

MSN052 (Air France #5) finally entered Final Assembly yesterday. MSN052 is scheduled for completion in early July.

MSN047 (Qantas #7) is scheduled to be transferred to Hamburg on either Monday or Tuesday. She was originally scheduled to be transferred this week, but was delayed due to Iceland’s Volcano.

MSN047′s sister-ship, MSN050 (Qantas #8) is scheduled to be transferred to Hamburg in mid May.

Image Copyright of David Barrie

A380 Production Update: April 2010 (#4)

Oliver Gigacz — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:53:07 +0000

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.

A380 Production Update: March 2010 (#5)

Oliver Gigacz — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:57:11 +0000

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.

A380 Production Update: March 2010 (#4)

Oliver Gigacz — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:43:07 +0000

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.

A380 Production Update: March 2010 (#1)

Oliver Gigacz — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:08:52 +0000

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.