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A380 Production Update: July 2011 (#6)

Oliver Gigacz — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:37:17 +0000

Last week, Lufthansa’s eighth A380 (MSN070) was delivered at a ceremony in Hamburg.

This is the first A380 to be delivered this month, and the fifty-second overall.

Her first revenue flight was LH454 (Frankfurt to San Francisco)

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A380 Production Update: March 2011 (#15)

Oliver Gigacz — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:28:19 +0000

Earlier this week, Lufthansa’s eighth A380 (MSN070) completed outfitting.

Delivery to the airline is scheduled for late April.

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A380 Production Update: December 2010 (#7)

Oliver Gigacz — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:11:59 +0000

Earlier this week Lufthansa’s eighth A380 (MSN070) was transferred to Hamburg for outfitting and painting.

Delivery is currently scheduled for Q2 2011.

Image Courtesy of Guillaume Besnard Aviation Photography

A380 Production Update: December 2010 (#4)

Oliver Gigacz — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:02:03 +0000

Yesterday, Lufthansa’s eighth A380 (MSN070) performed it’s first flight.

MSN070 departed Toulouse late in the morning and returned two hours later, after testing was completed. She will be transferred to Hamburg late next week.

Image Courtesy of Guillaume Besnard

A380 Production Update: July 2010 (#2)

Oliver Gigacz — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:01:02 +0000

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

A380 Production Update: May 2010 (#11)

Oliver Gigacz — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:01:12 +0000

Earlier this week, MSN030 (Emirates #11) was moved to the Hamburg flightline. It wont stay there long as additional work is still required in Economy Class.

MSN030 is the aircraft on the left.

Convoy #10/2010 has been announced and is scheduled to begin on June 7th. The only component that will be Convoyed is the Center fuselage for MSN070 (Lufthansa #8).

Image Courtesy of Phil Gallerand

A380 Production Update: May 2010 (#10)

Oliver Gigacz — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:08:43 +0000

MSN070 (Lufthansa #8) has been confirmed as the new frame being delivered on Convoy #9/2010. The tailplane, Wing Pair and Forward and Rear Fuselage are being carried on the Convoy. The center fuselage will arrive on Convoy #10 in early June.

In our last post we mentioned that yesterday MSN056 (Emirates #14) was transferred to Hamburg for Outfitting. We forgot to mention that this was also her first flight.

Image Courtesy of Forum Member sprocky

A380 Production Update: November 2009 (#19)

Oliver Gigacz — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:42:25 +0000

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-

A380 Production Update: November 2009 (#13)

Oliver Gigacz — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:00:26 +0000

Lufthansa have updated their delivery dates for the A380. Instead of March now MSN038 (1st) will be delivered in May. Here is the list.

D-AIMA – MSN038 – 31.05.2010
D-AIMB – MSN041 – 30.06.2010
D-AIMC – MSN044 – 31.07.2010
D-AIMD – MSN048 – 30.09.2010
D-AIME – MSN061 – 31.01.2011
D-AIMF – MSN066 – 28.02.2011
D-AIMG – MSN069 – 30.04.2011
D-AIMH – MSN070 – 30.04.2011

A380 Production Update: September 2009 (#12)

Oliver Gigacz — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:09:34 +0000

This week Lufthansa announced its delivery schedule for there A380′s. There first MSN038 will be delivered in March (As planned).

D-AIMA (038) 31/03/10
D-AIMB (041) 30/04/10
D-AIMC (044) 31/05/10
D-AIMD (048) 30/06/10
D-AIME (061) 31/07/10
D-AIMF (066) 28/02/11
D-AIMG (069) 31/03/11
D-AIMH (070) 30/04/11
D-AIMI (072) 31/05/11
D-AIMJ (073) 30/06/11

This would mean that MSN061 would have to arrive in Toulouse on either Convoy #12 or #13 to make that schedule.

A member on our forum has pointed out that MSN051 for Singapore Airlines has a Qantas nacelle on its #4 engine.