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A380 Production Update: April 2011 (#2)

Oliver Gigacz — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:27:38 +0000

Yesterday, Airbus delivered Lufthansa’s sixth A380 (MSN066).

MSN066 is the forty fifth A380 delivered.

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A380 Production Update: February 2011 (#11)

Oliver Gigacz — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:10:30 +0000

Lufthansa’s sixth A380 (MSN066) has now finished outfitting, and is currently sitting on the Hamburg flightline.

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A380 Production Update: October 2010 (#10)

Oliver Gigacz — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 03:25:29 +0000

Yesterday Lufthansa’s sixth A380 (MSN066) was transferred to Hamburg.

After arriving MSN066 was immediately towed into a free outfitting hangar.

Delivery to Lufthansa is currently scheduled for Q2 2011.

A380 Production Update: October 2010 (#9)

Oliver Gigacz — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:56:09 +0000

Early on Monday morning Lufthansa’s sixth A380 (MSN066) performed her first flight.

MSN066 returned to Toulouse after a three a hour flight. She will be transfered to Hamburg later this week.

Some new production numbers have been released, including the first frames for Air Austral, British Airways, Etihad and Qatar Airways.

British Airways – MSN095
Etihad - MSN114
Qatar Airways – MSN127
Air Austral - MSN149

Image Courtesy of Schiefi

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 (#8)

Oliver Gigacz — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 01:39:43 +0000

Last Monday finally saw the roll out of a new A380 frame. MSN066 is Lufthansa’s sixth A380 and took only twenty weeks to complete final assembly.

Our good friend “Schiefi” has managed to capture a great shot of China Southern’s first A380 (MSN031). MSN031 is still going through Body Join, but this should be completed by the end of the week.

Images Courtesy of Schiefi

A380 Production Update: September 2010 (#7)

Oliver Gigacz — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:56:53 +0000

There has been very little news in the past week, but we do expect to see roll out of Lufthansa’s sixth (MSN066) and Singapore Airlines fourteenth A380 (MSN071) over the next few days.

A380 Production Update: August 2010 (#14) A380 Milestone

Oliver Gigacz — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:23:52 +0000

Yesterday, Air France’s sixth A380 (MSN064) performed her first flight. This was no ordinary first flight, in fact it marked a major milestone for the A380 program. MSN064 just happens to be the fiftieth A380 constructed.

All of us here at A380 Production would like to congratulate Airbus and everyone involved in the A380 program on getting to this milestone.

Both MSN064 and MSN052 (Air France #5) will be stored in Toulouse until a spot opens up in the outfitting bays in Hamburg.

Final Assembly Line – Update:

Lufthansa’s sixth A380 (MSN066) had it’s first engine installed this week. We don’t expect to see MSN066 on the flightline until the end of September.

Image Courtesy of A380Spotter

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 (#17)

FabienA380 — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:47:51 +0000

The tail of MSN066 (Lufthansa #6) has now arrived in Toulouse, With Body Join beginning on Thursday. Body Join should take about two weeks to finish.

The tail of MSN035 (Korean Air #1) is scheduled to arrive in Toulouse in two weeks, On board the Beluga.

A video of Convoy #2010/07 is now available under this link convoy 2010/07.

Finally a picture of MSN065 (Singapore Airlines #13) in full view.

Image Courtesy of Clement R, Footage Courtesy of Blackbear