Qantas’s eleventh A380 (MSN063) has been confirmed as the new frame being transported on Convoy #15/2010.
All componenets except for the center fuselage are currently en route to Toulouse. The center fuselage is expected to arrive later this month on Convoy #16/2010.
Over in Hamburg, both MSN047 (Qantas #7) and MSN056 (Emirates #14) have finished cabin furnishing and are now awaiting to be painted.
MSN056 is expected to be delivered in late October, while MSN047 will be delivered in late November.
Images Courtesy of Aranes380 and Philip Gallerand
Yesterday marked the beginning of the fifteenth Convoy for 2010. Convoy #15 departed “Langon” at 22:00 local time.
The components being transported are…
Center Fuselage (MSN031 – China Southern #1)
Forward Fuselage, Rear Fuselage, Wing Pair, Tailplane (Unknown MSN – Speculations – MSN060 (Emirates), MSN063 (Qantas))
Convoy #15 will arrive in Toulouse on September 2nd, at around 01:00.
Finally after thirty one weeks in Final Assembly, Qantas’s tenth A380 (MSN062) has been moved to the flightline.
Most of us expecting MSN062 to roll out over a month ago, and perform her first flight around now. But with this delay we won’t expect to see MSN062 in the air until the middle of September.
Delivery to Qantas is still on track for March 2011.
Image Courtesy of JasperTV
Tuesday saw Lufthansa’s fifth A380 (MSN061) perform it’s first flight.
This puts Lufthansa in fourth place of number of A380s flying. Emirates have fifteen, Singapore Airlines have twelve, Qantas have nine, Lufthansa have five and Air France have four.
Last Friday marked the first time that Airbus delivered two separate A380s on the same day. The A380s in question were MSN041 (Lufthansa #2) and MSN051 (Singapore Airlines #11).
With these deliveries, the total number of A380s in airlines service is 33 (11 each for Emirates and Singapore Airlines, 6 for Qantas, 3 for Air France and 2 for Lufthansa)
