Airbus A380 Production » MSN073

A380 Production Update: December 2011 (#3)

Oliver Gigacz — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:57:10 +0000

Yesterday, Lufthansa’s tenth A380 (MSN073) was ferried to Hamburg.

Delivery to the airline is scheduled for Q2 2012.

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A380 Production Update: November 2011 (#15)

Oliver Gigacz — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:56:16 +0000

Yesterday, Lufthansa’s tenth A380 (MSN073) performed her first flight.

She is expected to be ferried to Hamburg later in the week.

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A380 Production Update: November 2011 (#11)

Oliver Gigacz — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:37:34 +0000

Yesterday, Lufthansa’s tenth A380 (MSN073) began taxi testing.

She is expected to perform her first flight next week, and join her sister ship (MSN072) in Hamburg as well.

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A380 Production Update: October 2011 (#16)

Oliver Gigacz — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:46:56 +0000

Yesterday, Lufthansa’s tenth A380 (MSN073) completed final assembly and was moved to the flightline.

She took just fifteen weeks to complete assembly, the same amount of time as her sister ship, MSN072.

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A380 Production Update: August 2011 (#20)

Oliver Gigacz — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:04:39 +0000

Lufthansa’s tenth A380 (MSN073) has been spotted inside the body join halls.

Delivery to the airline is scheduled for Q3 2012.

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A380 Production Update: July 2011 (#12)

Oliver Gigacz — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:16:42 +0000

Yesterday, the tail for Lufthansa’s tenth A380 (MSN073) arrived in Toulouse for assembly.

The tail flew directly from Hamburg aboard an Airbus “Beluga”.

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A380 Production Update: July 2011 (#5)

Oliver Gigacz — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:29:51 +0000

Lufthansa’s tenth A380 (MSN073) has been confirmed as the new frame being carried on Convoy #14/2011.

She will enter body join next week, and is scheduled for delivery in Q3 2012.

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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.

A380 Production Update: April 2009 (#11)

Oliver Gigacz — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:58:43 +0000

Just got from one of my sources a production list for A380 deliveries in 2009 and 2010.

(This was created with current information presumed on 2009 and 2010)

17 (Most likely 15)

Emirates 7x (5x) = 017, 023, 007, 028, 025, ( 009, 030 probably in 2010)
Singapore 4x = 021, 019, 034, 045
Qantas 4x = 026, 027, 029, 047, (050 most likely 2010)
Air France 2x = 033, 040

And for the 2010 a total of 19 plus probably a few more.

Lufthansa 7x = 038, 041 (Q1-2010), 044, 048 (Q2-2010), 061, 066, (Q3-2010) 076 (Q4-2010)
Singapoure 4x = 051, 065, 071, 073
Emirates 7x = 042, 046, 056, 057, 059, 060, 063 ( 03-2010 – 03-2011)
Qantas Not Known in 2010
Air France Not known in 2010
VIP Prince Al 1x = MSN002

And the 6th airline Korean Air there first aircraft MSN035 is unknown.

Thanks to Oldfly1 for the info