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A380 Production Update: January 2012 (#5)

2012, MSN014, Qantas | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Jan 10 2012

Qantas announced that the A380 severely damaged in November 2010 (MSN014) will return to service in March.

On November 4th 2010, Qantas Flight 32, en route from Singapore to Sydney, suffered an uncontained engine failure in engine number two, and was forced to return to Singapore.

Repair work began in May 2011 and is expected to be completed by February. The A380, Qantas’ first, will then go through a series of test flights before returning to service in late March.

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A380 Production Update: December 2011 (#8)

2011, MSN074, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Dec 15 2011

Qantas’s twelfth A380 (MSN074) will be delivered tomorrow at a ceremony in Toulouse.


She now wears airline registration VH-OQL and has been named Phyllis Arnott, after the first Australian woman to receive a commercial pilot’s license.

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A380 Production Update: November 2011 (#14)

2011, MSN063, MSN074, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Nov 26 2011

Yesterday, Airbus delivered Qantas’ eleventh A380 (MSN063) at a ceremony in Toulouse.


Her delivery flight is routing Toulouse to Sydney via Singapore. MSN063′s sister ship, MSN074, is currently in Toulouse for final testing before delivery in early December.

Once both are in service, they will allow Qantas to run daily Melbourne to Los Angeles flights.

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A380 Production Update: November 2011 (#6)

2011, MSN063, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Nov 13 2011

Yesterday, Qantas’s eleventh A380 (MSN063) performed a check flight, prior to delivery next week.


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A380 Production Update: November 2011 (#3)

2011, Hamburg, MSN063, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Nov 07 2011

Yesterday, Qantas’ eleventh A380 (MSN063) was ferried to Toulouse in preparation for delivery.


Qantas is expecting delivery late next week.

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A380 Production Update: November 2011 (#1)

2011, Hamburg, MSN063, Qantas, Toulouse | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Nov 02 2011

Yesterday, Qantas’ eleventh A380 (MSN063) began cabin flight testing.


Qantas will take delivery of the frame later in the month.

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A380 Production Update: October 2011 (#15)

2011, Hamburg, MSN063, Qantas, Taxi Tests | Posted by Oliver Gigacz
Oct 25 2011

Qantas’ eleventh A380 (MSN063) is expected to begin “post-outfitting” taxi testing later this week.


Qantas have confirmed they will take delivery of MSN063 in late November.

Once in airline service, she will carry registration VH-OQK and bear the name John/Reginald Duigen.

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