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Post by FabienA380 on May 23, 2013 2:17:52 GMT 1
Though before deliveries, it might be good for Airbus to roll out a few frames to let others in... On a picture of the Flight Line at Hamburg Friends Forum Aviation today's thread, MSN131 is still on the Flight Line and it seems that MSN134(EK) has now been moved... Fabien
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Post by eastmids13 on May 23, 2013 10:48:29 GMT 1
Though before deliveries, it might be good for Airbus to roll out a few frames to let others in... On a picture of the Flight Line at Hamburg Friends Forum Aviation today's thread, MSN131 is still on the Flight Line and it seems that MSN134(EK) has now been moved... Fabien I think space will be created with Emirates next delivery, maybe BA to demo A380 at Paris ;-) , hopefully KE7 down to TLS & then as you say roll-out some more frames! Problem solved...tada! Now to fill those remaining slots in the next couple of years...come on Cathay, HK is already most popular non-hub!
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Post by FabienA380 on May 27, 2013 19:21:58 GMT 1
Thanks for your very nice shot of the Flight Line spotterxfw!! We can see that MSN131 has disappeared from the FL so it may have entered a hangar now,... Also interesting to note that MSN115 overtook MSN126(KE) and MSN132(EK) during OF... Fabien
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Post by XWB on May 27, 2013 19:54:03 GMT 1
I tend to agree.
Very surprising indeed, AF frames take usually a long time for outfitting. And MSN132 is late now..
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Post by XWB on May 27, 2013 22:00:02 GMT 1
Time for an update.
1. MSN126 KE #07: 19th week 2. MSN132 EK #36: 14th week 3. MSN128 KE #08: 10th week 4. MSN124 BA #03: 10th week 5. MSN133 EK #37: 7th week 6. MSN127 EK #38: 5th week 7. MSN131 TG #06: 5th week (already painted) 8. MSN134 EK #39: 3rd week, waiting outside 9. MSN135 EK 40: 1st week, waiting outside
MSN134 is now entering its 3rd week and it is still outside. It seems like there is a small bottleneck in XFW. Also I expected MSN134 to be painted while it waits but it's still in primer so I think the paint hangar is currently occupied by MSN126 or MSN132.
We might see 3 roll-outs in June: MSN124, MSN126 and MSN132.
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Post by FabienA380 on Jun 3, 2013 16:44:36 GMT 1
There are now 10 frames in outfitting for 10 bays available (6 OF bays, 2 Paint Bays and 2 FL hangars): MSN126 KE MSN132 EK MSN128 KE MSN124 BA MSN133 EK MSN127 EK MSN131 TG MSN134 EK MSN135 EK MSN136 EK Fabien
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Post by XWB on Jun 8, 2013 10:40:50 GMT 1
MSN126 is now outside in paint.
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Post by rapoc on Jun 9, 2013 13:38:49 GMT 1
EK MSN134 entered OF. Maybe MSN132 is at paint or in flightline hangar?
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Post by FabienA380 on Jun 9, 2013 22:05:38 GMT 1
EK MSN134 entered OF. Maybe MSN132 is at paint or in flightline hangar? MSN134 and MSN135 were reported still being out yesterday, I guess you mean MSN136, quite possible to me I think,... MSN132 is quite late now, I'm wondering if it is in Wings' Repair in either a FL hangar either an OF hangar... Fabien
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Post by XWB on Jun 9, 2013 22:07:28 GMT 1
With delivery only in August, I'm pretty sure it's having its wings fixed.
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