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Yesterday, Qantas’s tenth A380 (MSN062) was transferred from Hamburg to Toulouse.
MSN062 spent a couple of hours circling around Hamburg, before heading south to Toulouse. She landed at approx 16:14 (local time).
Delivery to Qantas is currently scheduled for later this week, but of course this is subject to change.
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Earlier this week, Qantas’s eleventh A380 (MSN063) was rolled out of final assembly.
MSN063 took twenty three week to complete assembly, which is slightly longer than we originally expected. Qantas’s twelfth A380 (MSN074) is scheduled to roll out next week.
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In our previous post, we mentioned that Emirates sixteenth A380 (MSN077) has been spotted on the flightline, complete but without engines.
We can now confirm that MSN077 actually does have her engines installed, and was rolled out of Final Assembly on the 11th February.
This means MSN077 completed assembly in just thirteen weeks, which beats the previous record by almost a month.
This also means MSN077 has overtaken MSN063, MSN074 (Qantas #11 and #12) and MSN076 (Singapore Airlines #15). All three of these frames have Rolls Royce engines. We have it under good authority that after the QF32 incident last November, Airbus delayed production of all Rolls Royce frames for a couple of weeks. This would answer why we are seeing both MSN068 and MSN077 (Both Engine Alliance Engine Frames) a lot earlier than we orignally expected.
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Emirates sixteenth A380 (MSN077) has been spotted on the flightline, looking very similar to Singapore Airlines fifteenth A380 (MSN076). Completed, but without engines and avionics.
MSN077 is behind the Korean Air frame.
As with MSN076, we expect MSN077 to re enter the final assembly line in the coming weeks. We are also expecting Qantas’s eleventh A380 (MSN063) to be fully completed this week, so keep an eye out for her on the flightline.
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Our friend and forum member Aranes380 confirmed yesterday that the new MSN being convoyed on Convoy #2/2011, as China Southern’s third A380 (MSN054).
The convoy was composed of the Center Fuselage and Tailplane for Emirates eighteenth A380 (MSN083), plus the Forward and Rear Fuselage as well as the Wings or MSN054.
Earlier in the week Korean Air’s second A380 (MSN039) was transferred from Toulouse to Hamburg for outfitting, while Qantas’s ninth A380 (MSN050) was transferred from Hamburg to Toulouse.
Images courtesy of Aranes380 and Spotter-XFW
Yesterday, Qantas’s took delivery of it’s eighth A380 (MSN055).
MSN055 (VH-OQI) departed Toulouse for Sydney as QF6024, arriving into Sydney the following day at 19:50 (local time).
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Last Friday, Qantas’s tenth A380 (MSN062) was rolled out of the outfitting hangars fully painted and furnished.
Delivery to Qantas is on schedule for March this year.
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