Sunday, November 27, 2011

Airbus A380 Production: Latest News

Bellow is the latest production news of Airbus A380, which is continuously updated and posted by Oliver Gigacz of Airbus A380 Production (web site). I have summarized the latest production data and organized it in the following table. Older production events and information on A380 are available on Airbus A380 Production (web site) if someone is interested in reading further back into the production time-line.


Date
Event
11/26/2011
Airbus delivered Qantas’ eleventh A380 (MSN063) at a ceremony in Toulouse. Once in service, it will be utilized by Qantas to run daily Melbourne to Los Angeles flights.
11/25/2011
Emirates’ twenty-third A380 (MSN103) completed final assembly. She took just ten weeks to complete assembly, making her the quickest frame yet.
11/24/2011
Thai Airway’s first A380 (MSN087) has been spotted inside the body join hangars. She will be moved to the final assembly line shortly, and is expected to be completed in February 2012.
11/24/2011
Lufthansa’s tenth A380 (MSN073) began taxi testing. She is expected to perform her first flight next week, and join her sister ship (MSN072) in Hamburg as well.
11/22/2011
Singapore Airline’s eighteenth A380 (MSN085) completed final assembly and was towed to the flightline. She took just thirteen weeks to complete assembly.
11/18/2011
Emirates’ twenty-fifth A380 (MSN106) has been confirmed as the new frame being carried on Convoy #22/2011. Emirates will take delivery of MSN106 in the third quarter of 2012.
11/17/2011
Lufthansa’s ninth A380 (MSN072) performed her first flight. She is expected to be ferried to Hamburg next week. Delivery to the airline is scheduled for April 2012.


Also, If further interested, the following link, http://plane.spottingworld.com/A380_production_list, contains a production list of the aircraft type, serial number, airline registration, planned & delivery schedule, production status of each ordered aircraft, and other valuable information.
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4 comments:

  1. SaudiEagleNovember 28, 2011 at 7:30 AM

    Nice and neat update. Amazing how aircraft on (11/22) was completed in just 13 weeks. I believe Airbus is doing a great job expanding in the Far East. Boeing, on the other hand, is delivering a huge number of NextGen 737's. I just read that a couple of nights ago and I'm optimistic that the competition goes on and on for every aspect of the industry's favor.

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  2. JayMeinNovember 29, 2011 at 4:29 AM

    The A380 are more than likely making most of their customers happy at this point, and would most likely only see an increase in orders still.

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  3. jrobin33November 29, 2011 at 3:26 PM

    I find it very interresting that the carriers listed are the only purchasers. I would've thought AIR FRANCE or BRITISH AIRWYAS would have some interested, or even Virgin Atlantic

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  4. Ms. WallDecember 5, 2011 at 12:22 PM

    Nice way to present some good, detailed information. At first, I thought that you had just reposted info direct from the site...but upon closer inspection, I realized that you summarized the data. Nice job.

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