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Jan 12, 2016 21:19:33 GMT 1
Post by starbucks on Jan 12, 2016 21:19:33 GMT 1
I thought FAL meant joining the big bits up ? Not just milling one small aluminium block ! So entry to FAL of the first A330 Neo MSN 1795 will be Sept 2016 ish MSN 1710 ish is in FAL now. That is correct, but milling some aluminium is the start of production, Airbus even calls it that way. I read the slide like this: "A330neo production has started in September 2015 to be ready for deliveries Q4-2017", keep in mind the first 242t A333 (MSN1628) was also wayyyy out of sequence
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Post by stealthmanbob on Jan 13, 2016 0:37:56 GMT 1
I thought FAL meant joining the big bits up ? Not just milling one small aluminium block ! So entry to FAL of the first A330 Neo MSN 1795 will be Sept 2016 ish MSN 1710 ish is in FAL now. That is correct, but milling some aluminium is the start of production, Airbus even calls it that way. I read the slide like this: "A330neo production has started in September 2015 to be ready for deliveries Q4-2017", keep in mind the first 242t A333 (MSN1628) was also wayyyy out of sequence I think the problem might be in the translation to English. "Production start" implies in the future eg Sept 2016, "production started" would have implied in the past eg Sept 2015.
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Jan 13, 2016 8:31:44 GMT 1
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Post by sciing on Jan 13, 2016 8:31:44 GMT 1
I would read it as the start (it is the noun, not the verb) was in september last year. IMHO a FAL start in September would be quite late, as it would indicate a roll out/ 1st flight not before the beginning next year, quite short time for the test campaign, wouldn't it?
Nitpicking: Production starts(!) or started;-)
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XWB
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Post by XWB on Jan 13, 2016 9:35:23 GMT 1
as it would indicate a roll out/ 1st flight not before the beginning next year Airbus assembles an A330 in just 6 weeks.
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Post by XWB on Jan 13, 2016 9:43:01 GMT 1
I actually think they meant Sept. last year (2015) when this press release was issued Quite possible, but would the slide not have said "producten start ed in September" instead?
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Post by starbucks on Jan 13, 2016 10:16:28 GMT 1
as it would indicate a roll out/ 1st flight not before the beginning next year Airbus assembles an A330 in just 6 weeks. True, and they assemble a A320 in a matter of weeks, yet the A320neo (MSN6101) was in FAL March/April 2014 and had it's First Flight end of September, 6 months apart.... Oke, the GTF is probably more complex than the Trent 7000 and required more work before FF, but I do not expect the A330neo to follow the "ceo" timeline... As for the start or started, I agree with sciing, Airbus summed up milestones from 2015 on the slide, First delivery of 242T, orders, transition to 6/month and the production START of A330neo
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XWB
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Post by XWB on Jan 13, 2016 10:28:18 GMT 1
Fair enough.
If it was FAL start I believe the slide would have said "assembly start" instead of "production start".
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Post by Jkkw on Jan 13, 2016 10:30:04 GMT 1
This slide (quoted from another thread) shows the aircraft is due to enter the FAL in Q4 (Oct-Dec) this year
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Post by XWB on Feb 16, 2016 13:55:33 GMT 1
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Post by pa380scal on Feb 18, 2016 19:25:23 GMT 1
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