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Well this is a turn for the books, The new frame that is being carried on Convoy #12/2010 has been confirmed as the third A380 for Korean Air (MSN059).
All but the center fuselage will be carried on the Convoy. Airbus have told us that Convoys will not be stopping during the summer holidays.
Over in Toulouse, Airbus have rolled out Singapore Airlines thirteenth A380 (MSN065) from the Final Assembly Line.
Images Courtesy of Aranes380 and David BARRIE
To finish the week off, Here are a couple of updates from the Final Assembly Line…
MSN064 (Air France #6) – Has been completed, Just waiting for engines to be installed.
MSN065 (Singapore Airlines #13) – Has been completed, All four engines attached, Roll out very soon.
MSN070 (Lufthansa #8) – Currently in first stage of Final Assembly.
MSN071 (Singapore Airlines #14) – Has been completed, Just waiting for engines to be installed.
Image Courtesy of A380Spotter
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.
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
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
