{"id":24669944,"date":"2026-09-25T15:06:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/airbus-a380-open-fan-flightlab-msn-114-msn-094-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T15:07:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:07:01","slug":"airbus-a380-open-fan-flightlab-msn-114-msn-094-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/airbus-a380-open-fan-flightlab-msn-114-msn-094-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Two A380s, Two Fates: One Flies the Open Fan, One Is Scrapped"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n\r\n<p>Two Airbus A380s are sitting on the Airbus books with Guernsey registrations, both bought back from Malaysia Airlines, both identical when they rolled out of Toulouse. One of them is about to carry the most radical jet engine anyone has proposed in forty years. The other is going to be taken apart for its components.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The lucky one is MSN 114, registered 2-JAYN. It went to Malaysia Airlines as 9M-MNF and wore &ldquo;100th A380&rdquo; titles on its nose, because that is what Airbus made of it. It went through maintenance in Abu Dhabi in October 2025, was repainted in Airbus Flightlab colours at Shannon in July 2026, and flew again in August.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The other is MSN 094, registered 2-JEYL. Airbus has confirmed it will not return to flight operations. It will be dismantled, and its parts will keep other A380s flying.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f4f6f8;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:18px 22px;margin:26px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;color:#0d1117;font-size:17px\">Quick Facts<\/p><p style=\"margin:5px 0\"><strong>The testbed:<\/strong> MSN 114, registered 2-JAYN, formerly Malaysia Airlines 9M-MNF<\/p><p style=\"margin:5px 0\"><strong>The parts donor:<\/strong> MSN 094, registered 2-JEYL, also ex-Malaysia Airlines<\/p><p style=\"margin:5px 0\"><strong>Where they came from:<\/strong> Six surplus Malaysia Airlines A380s that Airbus agreed to buy back in 2022, stored at Tarbes<\/p><p style=\"margin:5px 0\"><strong>Why Guernsey:<\/strong> The 2- prefix is a registry commonly used for interim registrations<\/p><p style=\"margin:5px 0\"><strong>The engine:<\/strong> CFM International&rsquo;s open fan, developed under the RISE programme announced in 2021<\/p><p style=\"margin:5px 0\"><strong>Bypass ratio:<\/strong> Above 70 to 1, against roughly 11 to 1 for today&rsquo;s LEAP<\/p><p style=\"margin:5px 0\"><strong>Target:<\/strong> About 20 percent lower fuel burn than the most advanced engines flying today<\/p><p style=\"margin:5px 0\"><strong>Service entry goal:<\/strong> Mid-2030s<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">An Engine With No Case Around the Fan<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Every big commercial engine you have ever flown behind is a turbofan with its fan wrapped in a nacelle. The case is structural, it is acoustic, and in the worst case it is what contains a failed blade. It is also heavy, and it puts a hard limit on how big the fan can be.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The open fan throws the case away. Without it the blades can grow enormously, moving far more air around the core rather than through it. The measure of that is bypass ratio, and the jump CFM is proposing is not incremental.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/open-fan-bypass-ratio-comparison.png\" alt=\"Chart comparing bypass ratios of the CFM56, LEAP and open fan\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">From 5 to 1 in the 1980s to above 70 to 1. That is the whole argument for taking the case off. Chart: MiGFlug, figures from CFM International and GE Aerospace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>CFM&rsquo;s target is roughly 20 percent less fuel burned than the best engines in service today. For an industry whose efficiency gains normally arrive in single-digit percentages per generation, that is the kind of number that justifies hanging an experimental engine on a four-engined superjumbo.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;We have a vision and commitment to help the industry achieve its net-zero goals, and the open-fan flight test demonstration program is an exciting step toward achieving that&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Ga&euml;l M&eacute;heust<\/strong> &mdash; President and Chief Executive, CFM International<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Why an A380<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Because you need an aircraft that can fly perfectly well while carrying something enormous and unproven, and then land safely if that something stops working. Four engines gives you margin. A very large airframe gives you somewhere to mount a fan that will not fit under a narrowbody wing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>It is also, bluntly, a use for an aeroplane Airbus could not sell. Airbus agreed in 2022 to take six surplus A380s back from Malaysia Airlines. They went to Tarbes, where large aircraft go to wait for a decision.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/airbus-a380-open-fan-demonstrator-rendering.jpg\" alt=\"Artist's rendering of the Airbus A380 open fan demonstrator\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Airbus and CFM&rsquo;s 2022 concept image of the A380 Flightlab propulsion demonstrator, open fan turning on the left wing. This is a rendering, not a photograph of the converted aircraft. Image: Airbus and CFM International<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">One Flies, One Gets Taken Apart<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>MSN 094&rsquo;s fate is the ordinary one. A grounded A380 is worth more in pieces than whole, because every part it carries is a part some other operator will eventually need and nobody is building new ones. Engines, landing gear, avionics, interior monuments: all of it has a second life keeping the flying fleet in the air.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>It is a strange pairing. Two aircraft built to the same drawings, delivered to the same airline, parked in the same French field. One becomes the platform for an engine meant to power the next generation of airliners. The other becomes the spares that keep its own generation going a little longer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"max-width:550px;margin:0 auto 28px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?id=2088652583636173051&theme=light\" style=\"width:100%;height:400px;border:none;overflow:hidden\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Still a Long Way Out<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>None of this is close. RISE is a technology demonstration programme, not a product, and CFM is aiming at an engine entering service in the mid-2030s. There are unresolved questions about noise and about certifying an uncontained fan, and regulators have not yet had to answer them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>What has happened is narrower and more concrete: an aeroplane that spent years parked has been painted, flown, and assigned a job. That is further than most stored A380s ever get.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Sources: aeroTELEGRAPH; GE Aerospace; Air Data News; FlightGlobal; Air Journal.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"mfq\"><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"qa\"><details open><summary>Which A380 is becoming the open fan flying testbed?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">MSN 114, now registered 2-JAYN on the Guernsey register. It was delivered to Malaysia Airlines as 9M-MNF and carried 100th A380 titles. It was repainted in Airbus Flightlab colours at Shannon in July 2026 and flew again in August 2026.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>What is happening to the other ex-Malaysia Airlines A380?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">MSN 094, registered 2-JEYL, will not return to flight operations. Airbus has confirmed it will be dismantled so its components can support A380s still in service, where new parts are no longer being produced.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>What is the CFM RISE programme?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">RISE stands for Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines. CFM International announced it in 2021 as a technology demonstration effort to mature the technologies for a next-generation engine intended to enter service in the mid-2030s.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>What is an open fan engine?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">An open fan removes the case that surrounds the fan on a conventional turbofan. Without the nacelle the blades can be far larger, pushing much more air around the engine core rather than through it, which raises efficiency.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How much more efficient is the open fan?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">CFM targets roughly 20 percent lower fuel consumption and emissions than the most advanced engines flying today. The bypass ratio rises above 70 to 1, compared with about 11 to 1 on the LEAP and 5 to 1 on the 1980s CFM56.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Why use an A380 as a testbed?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">A four-engined aircraft has ample margin if an experimental engine has to be shut down, and a very large airframe can physically carry a fan of that size. Airbus also had surplus A380s available after buying six back from Malaysia Airlines in 2022.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Why are these A380s registered in Guernsey?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The 2- prefix belongs to the Guernsey aircraft register, which is commonly used for interim registrations when an aircraft is between operators or in a transitional state such as storage or conversion.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>When will open fan engines enter service?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">CFM is aiming at the mid-2030s. 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