Archive for the ‘MSN079’ Category

A380 Production Update: October 2011 (#5)

2011, Hamburg, MSN079, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Oct 12 2011

Earlier this week, Singapore Airlines’ seventeenth A380 (MSN079) was ferried to Hamburg.


Delivery to the airline is scheduled for Q2 2012.

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A380 Production Update: October 2011 (#2)

2011, First Flight, MSN079, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Oct 04 2011

Yesterday, Singapore Airlines’ seventeenth A380 (MSN079) performed her first flight.


She used AIB01ST as her flight number, and after spending two hours in the air, returned to the Toulouse flight-line.

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A380 Production Update: September 2011 (#20)

2011, MSN079, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Sep 23 2011

Yesterday, Singapore Airlines’ seventeenth A380 (MSN079) began taxi tests.


She is expected to perform her first flight next week.

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A380 Production Update: August 2011 (#22)

2011, Final Assembly, MSN079, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Aug 31 2011

Earlier this week, Singapore Airlines’ seventeenth A380 (MSN079) completed final assembly.


She spent a total time of twenty-three weeks in final assembly, which is almost twice as long as the recent average.

Delivery to the airline is expected in Q2 2012.

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A380 Production Update: August 2011 (#19)

2011, Final Assembly, MSN079, MSN082, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Aug 28 2011

Singapore Airlines’ seventeenth A380 (MSN079) has been spotted inside the final assembly line.


MSN079 was scheduled to become the airlines sixteenth A380, however MSN082 completed assembly first.

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A380 Production Update: June 2011 (#18)

2011, Final Assembly, MSN079, MSN082, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Jun 22 2011

Yesterday, Singapore Airline’s seventeenth A380 (MSN082) completed final assembly.


MSN082 took only eleven weeks to complete assembly, which makes her the most quickly assembled frame yet. She even overtook the airline’s sixteenth A380 (MSN079).

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A380 Production Update: March 2011 (#6)

2011, Convoy, MSN079, Singapore Airlines, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Mar 12 2011

Earlier this week, Airbus announced the next A380 convoy.

The components being convoyed will be used for Singapore Airlines sixteenth A380 (MSN079), and a yet unknown MSN.

Convoy #6/2011 will begin on the 21st March, and arrive in Toulouse on the 24th March.