Qantas to receive three more A380s this month. Dec 2010

[Sarah C]

Delayed again due to problems.

[Sarah C]

VH-OQG is delayed due to engine issues. The other two due this month also look like they will be delayed because of the engine issues.

[Philip Argy]

Here's what the Sydney Morning Herald is reporting this morning as the reason for the delay with OQG:

Qantas is facing fresh frustrations over its fleet of A380s after a defect was found in a new engine at a factory in France.

A possible faulty oil tube in one of the new superjumbo's Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines has forced the manufacturer to delay slightly the transfer of ownership of the next superjumbo to Qantas at Airbus's plant in Toulouse, according to a leaked email.

"One step forward and two back! We can't take a trick in getting more aircraft into the air and back into service," Qantas's fleet manager said in the email to pilots obtained by the Sydney Morning Herald.

[Andrew M]

Today's A380 arrival from Toulouse is now showing as CANCELLED on the SYD airport website.....

[Malcolm Parker]

Don't count on any delivery in the next few days for MSN047.

She underwent a test flight after the engine change and now she is hosted up on jacks in the hangers after some strange noises started to appear in the doors (wheel bay doors perhaps??????).

No luck on any of the A380's eh.

[Andrew M]

Thanks

Imagine if that had of happened here in Australia just before a flight.....

I can see the headlines now...

[Malcolm Parker]

MSN047 should be delivered to QF in the next two days or so
MSN055 has flown its flight to TLS for handover, so I would expect this to be delivered next week sometime.
MSN050 - different story all together given the delays with this one I would expect JAN at best.
Yes 055 delivered before 050 !!

[Andrew M]

Great news!!!!

[Will H]

Originally Posted by Malcolm Parker

MSN047 should be delivered to QF in the next two days or so
MSN055 has flown its flight to TLS for handover, so I would expect this to be delivered next week sometime.
MSN050 - different story all together given the delays with this one I would expect JAN at best.
Yes 055 delivered before 050 !!

With LAX still a no-go for the short-term, where will these birds go? Boost capacity on 'roo route? Take over HKG/SIN/NRT routes that saw 747s removed so the 747s could be put on LAX routes?

It seems with the 3x A380s back in service, the 1x QF hopes to return to service soon, and then these two (and later three), there will be more available capacity on the 'roo route than what the QF schedule allocates.

[Fabian Lee]

Originally Posted by Malcolm Parker

MSN047 should be delivered to QF in the next two days or so
MSN055 has flown its flight to TLS for handover, so I would expect this to be delivered next week sometime.
MSN050 - different story all together given the delays with this one I would expect JAN at best.
Yes 055 delivered before 050 !!

Seems that MSN047 will arrive SYD this Thursday

http://a380production.com/2010/12/a3...cember-2010-5/

Any idea if she has left TLS? Please do post if you know it has left TLS. Thank you.