Yesterday, Emirates’ seventeenth A380 (MSN080) performed her first cabin test flight.
Delivery to the airline is scheduled for October 27th.
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Airbus has announced that Emirates’ seventeenth A380 (MSN080) will be handed over to the airline on October 27.
Emirates will be registering MSN080 as A6-EDQ.
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Yesterday, Emirates’ seventeenth A380 (MSN080) was transferred to Hamburg.
When both MSN077 (#16) and MSN080 are delivered, it will allow Emirates to open up a new A380 route. At the moment it is looking like Dubai-Melbourne or Dubai-Singapore; only time will tell.
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Yesterday, Emirates’ seventeenth A380 (MSN080) performed it’s first flight.
She will be transferred to Hamburg later in the week.
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No actual picture of MSN080 in the air is currently available, however we should have one very soon.
Last Friday saw the roll out of two frames, from the final assembly line. Qantas’s twelfth A380 (MSN074), and Emirate’s seventeenth A380 (MSN080).
MSN074 took twenty two weeks to complete assembly, while MSN080 took just thirteen. Both of these frames are expected to be transferred to Hamburg, in mid April.
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Emirates twentieth A380 (MSN090) has been confirmed as the new frame being carried on Convoy #4/2011.
Components being carried are, the forward and rear fuselages, as well as the wings. The center fuselage and tailplane will be convoyed in early March.
Two of our most highly trusted sources (Both From Airbus and Emirates), have supplied with a document, containing the delivery dates of the next seven Emirates frames. Out of courtesy to the sources we cannot show you the document itself, however we can display the dates.
The following is correct, as of 17th February 2011
September 2011 – MSN077 (Emirates #16)
October 2011 – MSN080 (Emirates #17)
November 2011 – MSN083 and MSN086 (Emirates #18, #19)
January 2012 – MSN090 (Emirates #20)
February 2012 – MSN098 (Emirates #21)
April 2012 – MSN101 (Emirates 22#)
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The final convoy for 2010 has arrived in Toulouse, containing components for two new frames.
The forward, center and rear fuselages, as well as the tailplane are for Emirate’s seventeenth A380. The wings and the extra forward fuselage, are for Korean Air’s fifth A380 (MSN075).
The first convoy for 2011 is scheduled to begin on January 3rd.
In summary for 2010, a total of eighteen A380s were convoyed, plus an extra forward, center and rear fuselage, and a wing pair.
