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A380 Production Update: March 2010 (#1)

2010, 2011, Air France, China Southern, Convoy, Emirates, Final Assembly Hall, 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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A380 Production Update: February 2010 (#8)

2010, Air France, Convoy, First Flight, Lufthansa, MSN043, MSN044, MSN065, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Feb 17 2010

MSN044 (Lufthansa #3) completed its first flight on the 15th February. MSN044 will be transferred to Hamburg for outfitting shortly.

MSN043 (Air France #3) has been rolled out of the Hamburg hangars and is now in final preparations before delivery in March.

Convoy #3/2010 will arrive in Toulouse tomorrow and allow MSN065 (Singapore Airlines #13) to begin Body Join.

Image Copyright of Mary Heartman

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A380 Production Update: February 2010 (#6)

2010, Convoy, Lufthansa, MSN044, MSN065, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Feb 14 2010

MSN044 (Lufthansa #3) performed a Rejected Take Off test on Friday and was scehduled to fly on Saturday but due to bad weather is was cancelled. First flight is now scheduled for Monday (Pending Weather).

Convoy #3/2010 is scheduled to start on Monday. Convoy #3 will carry a Center and Rear fuselage sections, a Wing Set and a Tailplane for MSN058 (Singapore Airlines #12), Plus a Forward Fuselage for a unknown new MSN.

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A380 Production Update: February 2010 (#3)

2010, Convoy, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN038, MSN046, MSN065, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Feb 06 2010

MSN038 (Lufthansa #1) has finally finished in the paint hangar. MSN038 will now be involved in Cabin test flights with delivery to Lufthansa on May 10th.

MSN046 (Emirates #12) was transfered to Hamburg on the 5th February. Emirates is hoping that MSN046 will be delivered in August 2010.

Convoy #3/2010 has been announced and is scheduled to arrive in Toulouse on the 18th February. Convoy #3 will contain a complete frame. All parts other then the forward fuselage will be for MSN065 (Singapore Airlines #13).

Lufthansa Image Courtesy of spiegel.de

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A380 Production Update: February 2010 (#2)

2010, Air France, Convoy, Hamburg, MSN040, MSN041, MSN065, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Feb 05 2010

On Monday MSN040 (Air France #2) was on a cabin test flight from Hamburg and had due to divert to Toulouse becuase of bad weather. MSN040 stayed in Toulouse for two days before being transfered to Hamburg yesterday.

MSN041 (Lufthansa #2) was finally transfered to Hamburg on Wednesday. MSN041 will be delivered to Lufthansa in June.

Convoy #2/2010 has arrived in Toulouse and as we expected the new frame is MSN065 for Singapore Airlines.

Images Courtesy of Davie Barrie, Yvan Panas and Blackbear

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A380 Production Update: February 2010 (#1)

2010, Air France, Convoy, Emirates, Final Assembly Hall, Hamburg, Lufthansa, MSN041, MSN042, MSN052, MSN056, MSN058, MSN065, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Feb 02 2010

Another one of our forum members has visited Toulouse and has done the A380 factory tour. Here is the report.

MSN056 (Emirates #14)

Stand L55 (30-A)
Pylons installed.
No APU and no Belly Fairings.

MSN052 (Air France #5)

Stand L53 (30-B)
No Engines Installed and None Noticed Around
APU and Engine pylons installed, no belly fairing yet.
HF-and VOR-antennas seem to be installed, aswell as the camera inside the Vertical tail plane.

MSN042 (Emirates #13)

Stand L51 (30-C)
All flaps and slats seem to be installed.
Engine Pylons installed. But no Engines
No APU and no Belly fairings yet.
Vertical tail plane looks untouched, So HF and VOR-antennas might be missing aswell as the Camera.

MSN041 (Lufthansa #2) was not seen which means it should now in Hamburg for outfitting.

Convoy #2 was spotted eariler today and we can glady confirm that the forward fuselage is MSN065 (Singapore Airlines #13). The other pieces of the convoy are for MSN058 (Singapore Airlines #12).

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A380 Production Update: November 2009 (#19)

2009, 2010, 2011, Air France, Final Assembly Hall, First Flight, Hamburg, Korean Air, Lufthansa, MSN007, MSN023, MSN027, MSN029, MSN035, MSN039, MSN040, MSN055, MSN058, MSN062, MSN064, MSN065, MSN066, MSN069, MSN070, MSN071, MSN072, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Nov 28 2009

Airbus is trying to keep MSN007 and MSN023 (Emirates) on track for a 2009 delivery but there has been some onboard system problems. The latest Airbus schedule still states a December delivery for both, But Airbus is fearing they might slip into 2010.

MSN027 (Qantas) has arrived back in Toulouse for a final check prior to delivery in mid December.

Our forum member UK380 has once again visited the Hamburg production line there are some interesting entries. Here is the list of MSN parts that were seen.

MSN035 (Korean Air) – Center Fuselage + Empannage
MSN039 (Korean Air) – Rear Fuselage
MSN055 (Qantas) – Center Fuselage
MSN058 (Singapore Airlines) – Empannage
MSN062 (Qantas) – Foward Nose
MSN064 (Air France) – Empannage
MSN065 (Singapore Airlines) – Empannage
MSN066 (Lufthansa) – Empannage
MSN069 (Lufthansa) – Empannage
MSN070 (Lufthansa) Empannage
MSN071 (Singapore Airlines) – Empannage
MSN072 (Lufthansa) Empannage

In other Hamburg news, MSN040 (Air France) still has not come out of the hangars but should at the start of next week.

Image Courtesty of Irvine-

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A380 Production Update: May 2009 (#1)

2009, Air France, China Southern, Convoy, Emirates, Hamburg, Korean Air, MSN017, MSN027, MSN029, MSN041, MSN051, MSN065, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
May 01 2009

April Summery

More action this month as the production line is speeding up to meet 2009 and 2010 deliveries. I’ve simplified ( improved ? ) the categories shown here.

Major movements were ;

MSN017-EK delivered
MSN027-QF and MSN29-QF flew to XFW
MSN041-LH and MSN051-SQ convoy to TLS

Current situation ( end March figures in brackets )

In service 14 ( 13 )

In production ;
At XFW for outfitting and painting 8 ( 7 )
At TLS for assembly/refit 13 ( 13 )
Parts building 14 ( 11 )

Not yet started / postponed 12 ( 17 )

Airbus ( test and demo ) 2 ( 2 )

Cancelled ( freighters ) 2 ( 2 )

MSN065-SQ has been reported as ‘Parts Building’ so totals have been updated to include all MSNs up to and including this one.

The 35 planes in production are for these customers ;

EK 10, SQ 7, QF 5, AF 5, LH 4, CZ 2, KE 1, VIP 1

The parts for the two CZ planes will probably be redeployed to another MSN.

Deliveries to come are showing as 14 ( total 15 ) in 2009 and 22 in 2010. These look realistic given the current situation.

Thanks to Geoff for the info.

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