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A380 Production Update: June 2011 (#13)

2011, MSN058, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Jun 16 2011

Today is a very special day at Airbus, with the delivery of the fiftieth A380.


Singapore Airlines’ twelfth A380 (MSN058) is the lucky frame, and the delivery comes almost four years after the first A380 delivery, which also went to Singapore Airlines.

So now there are…

15 A380s in service with Emirates
12 A380s in service with Singapore Airlines
10 A380s in service with Qantas
7 A380s in service with Lufthansa
5 A380s in service with Air France
1 A380 in service with Korean Air

Image Copyright to Philip Gallerand

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A380 Production Update: June 2011 (#9)

2010, 2011, Hamburg, MSN058, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Jun 12 2011

Yesterday, Singapore Airlines’ twelfth A380 (MSN058) was transferred to Toulouse for delivery to the airline.


MSN058 spent almost ten months in the outfitting process, much longer than other recent frames.

The delay is largely due to “business class” seat manufacturer “Koito”, which admitted to falsifying data of over 100,000 seats in world fleets. But Airbus recently granted “Koito” permission to install the seats, and Singapore Airlines is expected to receive MSN058 in the coming weeks.

Image Copyright to A380_TLS

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A380 Production Update: February 2011 (#2)

2011, Hamburg, MSN058, Singapore Airlines | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Feb 07 2011

Last week, Singapore Airlines twelfth A380 (MSN058) began cabin flight testing in Hamburg.

Flight testing will continue of the coming weeks, with a delivery to the airline in late February or early March.

Image Copyright to Linie 9

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A380 Production Update: October 2010 (#5)

2010, Emirates, First Flight, Hamburg, Korean Air, Lufthansa, MSN035, MSN047, MSN050, MSN052, MSN055, MSN056, MSN057, MSN058, MSN061, MSN062, MSN064, MSN065, MSN066, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by FabienA380
Oct 13 2010

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:

Toulouse
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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.

In Hamburg
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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.

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A380 Production Update: July 2010 (#12)

2010, 2011, Emirates, First Flight, Hamburg, MSN058, MSN060, MSN077, MSN080, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Jul 24 2010

Several aviation forums are reporting that Emirates will be suspending A380 deliveries in 2011. We cannot yet confirm or deny this, but current production schedules still state that the airline will receive three A380s in Q3/Q4 2011 (MSN060, MSN077, and MSN080).

If Emirates were to suspend deliveries, it would halt deployment of the A380 on key routes such as Dubai-Melbourne and Dubai-Singapore.

Over in Toulouse, Singapore Airlines’ twelfth A380 (MSN058) successfully performed her first flight; it was also her ferry flight to Hamburg for cabin outfitting.

Image Courtesy of Schiefi

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A380 Production Update: July 2010 (#11)

2010, 2011, First Flight, MSN058, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Jul 22 2010

Singapore Airlines twelfth A380 (MSN058) has begun taxi tests, following successful engines runs earlier in the week.


First flight is likely to occur on Friday.

Image Courtesy of Jaques Meursault

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A380 Production Update: June 2010 (#15)

2010, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN041, MSN058, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Jun 30 2010

Lufthansa’s second A380 (MSN041) has taken to the air for the first time since it was transferred to Hamburg in January.


MSN041 will be delivered in July

Earlier in the week a great photo of the Toulouse flightline was posted to Flickr. The picture also confirms that Singapore Airlines twelfth (MSN058) has been moved to engine test bay.

Images Courtesy of By Phil Gallerand and Bruce Irving

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