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I posted on my blog today that all signs are pointing to the latest delivery of A380 structures (wings, fuselage and horizontal stabilizer) last week was for Air France (MSN033). This would mean that Air France is the fourth airline to have an A380 in Toulouse.
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2007/12/unidentified-a380-for-air-fran.html
Has anyone seen these parts @ TLS or know how to get confirmation?
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First of all welcome to Airspace, Flightblogger it's good to have you onboard, and from me welcome to Flight
Only info i have seen on the Air France A380 is around the dates of the first test flight, the A380 will leave CDG at 11am to land at YUL around 12.30PM on return on the 15th November. This will be F-HPJA MSN033..the first revenue flight this aircraft will be April 2009.
But nothing on any reports sighting 033..last log from Toulouse 15/12/2007
010 F-WWSG Singapore012 F-WWSI Singapore in testing hangar 014 F-WWSK Qantas 016 Emirates
012 and 022 - Primer
Goose, the info you have on the first flight of Air France's A380 is invaluable and provides a pretty good guide for speculation that the structures did in fact arrive last week. Do you have first flight info for the other frames over the next year as well?
Thanks Flightblogger...only other info i have is for Emirates MSN011 F-WWSH (A6-EDA) this aircraft made it's first test flight on the 04/09/2007 then went over to Hamburg on the 07/09/2007 for cabin fit....first revenue service will be DXB to JFK 01/10/2008