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Yesterday, Airbus delivered Qantas’ eleventh A380 (MSN063) at a ceremony in Toulouse.
Her delivery flight is routing Toulouse to Sydney via Singapore. MSN063′s sister ship, MSN074, is currently in Toulouse for final testing before delivery in early December.
Once both are in service, they will allow Qantas to run daily Melbourne to Los Angeles flights.
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Yesterday, Qantas’s eleventh A380 (MSN063) performed a check flight, prior to delivery next week.
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Yesterday, Qantas’ eleventh A380 (MSN063) was ferried to Toulouse in preparation for delivery.
Qantas is expecting delivery late next week.
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Yesterday, Qantas’ eleventh A380 (MSN063) began cabin flight testing.
Qantas will take delivery of the frame later in the month.
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Qantas’ eleventh A380 (MSN063) is expected to begin “post-outfitting” taxi testing later this week.
Qantas have confirmed they will take delivery of MSN063 in late November.
Once in airline service, she will carry registration VH-OQK and bear the name John/Reginald Duigen.
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Today, Qantas announced it was deferring six of its ten remaining A380 orders, until 2018-2021.
The frames that will be affected are numbers fifteen through twenty, which will now be delivered at the end of the decade.
To date, Qantas has had ten A380s delivered, with four more expected within the next sixteen months. These four frames are currently in production, and have the following status…
Qantas #11 – MSN063: Currently in Hamburg, being outfitted. Delivery scheduled for Q4 2011.
Qantas #12 – MSN074: Currently in Hamburg, being outfitted. Delivery scheduled for Q4 2011.
Qantas #13 – MSN091: Expected to enter the assembly line later this year. Delivery scheduled for Q3 2012.
Qantas #14 – MSN102: Expected to enter the assembly line later this year. Delivery scheduled for Q3 2012.
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Yesterday, Qantas’s eleventh A380 (MSN063) performed her first flight.
After spending a few hours testing over Toulouse, she flew onto Hamburg.
Delivery to the airline is scheduled for Q3 2011.
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