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A380 Production Update: April 2011 (#4)

Oliver Gigacz — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 06:10:39 +0000

Yesterday, Airbus delivered Qantas’s tenth A380 (MSN062).

She is routing Toulouse-Sydney via Singapore, as QF6024. When she enters service, she will carry VH-OQJ as her registration.

Image Copyright to Guillaume Besnard

A380 Production Update: March 2011 (#10)

Oliver Gigacz — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:21:23 +0000

Yesterday, Qantas’s tenth A380 (MSN062) was transferred from Hamburg to Toulouse.

MSN062 spent a couple of hours circling around Hamburg, before heading south to Toulouse. She landed at approx 16:14 (local time).

Delivery to Qantas is currently scheduled for later this week, but of course this is subject to change.

Image Copyright to Guillaume Besnard

A380 Production Update: January 2011 (#2)

Oliver Gigacz — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 06:24:01 +0000

Last Friday, Qantas’s tenth A380 (MSN062) was rolled out of the outfitting hangars fully painted and furnished.

Delivery to Qantas is on schedule for March this year.

Image Courtesy of xfwspot

A380 Production Update: November 2010 (#9)

Oliver Gigacz — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:46:48 +0000

Yesterday, Korean Air’s first A380 (MSN035) performed her first flight.

MSN035 flew direct to Hamburg, and arrived at around 16:00 local time. Outfitting will not begin immediately, she will have to wait for Lufthansa’s fifth A380 (MSN061) to finish first.

We have had a lot of questions about Qantas’s upcoming A380 deliveries, to see if they have had upgraded Trent 900 engines installed. We can confirm that Qantas’s next four A380s, MSN047, MSN050, MSN055 and MSN062 do have upgraded Trent 900′s and will not require a refurbishment or replacement.

Image Courtesy of Guillaume Besnard

A380 Production Update: October 2010 (#5)

FabienA380 — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:52:25 +0000

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.

A380 Production Update: September 2010 (#4)

Oliver Gigacz — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:09:01 +0000

Late last week Qantas’s tenth A380 (MSN062) began taxi tests.

MSN062 is scheduled to perform her first first on Monday, but will not be transfered to Hamburg for a number of weeks. This is due to the backlog that the Hamburg production team is facing.

Image Courtesy of Schiefi

A380 Production Update: August 2010 (#10)

Oliver Gigacz — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:54:59 +0000

Finally after thirty one weeks in Final Assembly, Qantas’s tenth A380 (MSN062) has been moved to the flightline.

Most of us expecting MSN062 to roll out over a month ago, and perform her first flight around now. But with this delay we won’t expect to see MSN062 in the air until the middle of September.

Delivery to Qantas is still on track for March 2011.

Image Courtesy of JasperTV

A380 Production Update: June 2010 (#8)

Oliver Gigacz — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:52:40 +0000

As it is a slow news week, We have decided to post a small update on the frames that will roll out in the near future.

Frames in Final Assembly, Stage 1:
MSN035 (Korean Air #1): Roll out Currently Scheduled for September.
MSN069 (Lufthansa #7): Roll out Currently Scheduled for Late September.

Frames in Final Assembly, Stage 2:
MSN058 (Singapore Airlines #12): Roll out Currently Scheduled for Next Week.
MSN061 (Lufthansa #5): Will Roll out late This Week, Early Next Week.
MSN062 (Qantas #10): Will Roll out in Two Weeks.
MSN064 (Air France #6): Roll out Currently Scheduled for Late August, Early September.
MSN065 (Singapore Airlines #13): Roll out Currently Scheduled for Late June.
MSN066 (Lufthansa #6): Roll out Currently Scheduled for Late August, Early September.
MSN071 (Singapore Airlines #14): Roll out Currently Scheduled for Next Week.

A380 Production Update: April 2010 (#20)

Oliver Gigacz — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:09:13 +0000

Yesterday morning MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) performed her first flight. The flight was not just her first flight, But her ferry flight to Hamburg as well.

A spotter in Hamburg managed to film MSN048 landing in Hamburg, CLICK HERE to take a look.

MSN062 (Qantas #10) has completed Stage 1 Final Assembly and is now waiting for a spot in Stage 2. At the moment Airbus is upgrading the Stage 2 tools, so MSN062 may have to wait a week or two. We doubt this will have any effect on the delivery schedule.

And finally a video of MSN028 (Emirates #9) during a cabin flight test has been posted to YouTube, Take a look by CLICKING HERE

Images Courtesy of walkbyfeet and A380Spotter

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.