My latest log from Airbus HQ,this time without wheels but with a tour of the Clement ADER (A330/340) plant.
The usual disclaimers apply:Brackets indicate assumed reg. from previous intelligence. No brackets = positive sighting. All times are French local.
All frames parked-up all day,unless noted.
Toulouse:Blagnac –Wednesday 16/04/2008 (10:55 –22:00L)
AIRBUS PLANT
A300
238 300B4-203 F-WUAB Parked outside A300 hall in prototype colours.
655/1 300-608ST F-GSTA Parked at Ziegler DC wash station. Towed late afternoon to Beluga unpack area.
751/2 300-608ST F-GSTB Parked up.
765/3 300-608ST F-GSTC Arrived 12:17 and again at 17:36.
776/4 300-608ST F-GSTD Arrived 19:45.
796/5 300-608ST F-GSTF All white. Arrived 17:06
A320 family
0001 320-211 F-WWBA House. Parked main apron.
3460 320-214 N636VA Virgin America,full colours. Ziegler Delivery Centre (terminal-side).
3461 320-214 (F-WWBK) East Star Airlines,full colours. Ziegler DC (terminal-side).
3465 320-214 N637VA Virgin America,full colours. Ziegler Delivery Centre (terminal-side).
The main Henri ZIEGLER delivery centre.
3468 320-232 G-EUUV British Airways,full colours. Arrived at 11:42 and positioned to Ziegler Delivery Centre (rear).
3474 320-232 (F-WWDE) Jetstar,full colours. Main apron. Tail-only seen.
3475 320-214 F-WWDF NAS Air,full colours. Ziegler Delivery Centre (terminal-side). Departed by early afternoon on acceptance flight. Noted back in position by 15:50.
3476 320-214 (F-WWDG) Air Arabia,full colours. Inside (shut) Ziegler Delivery Centre hangar.
3477 320-216 F-WWDH Air Asia,full colours. Main apron. Towed to Ziegler Delivery Centre (terminal-side) at 18:10.
3478 320-232 F-WWDI Aegean Airlines,full colours. Main apron. Towed to Ziegler Delivery Centre (terminal-side) at 20:18.
3480 320-214 (F-WWDK) Nouvelair Tunisie,full colours. ‘NO’fin i.d. Main apron.
3482 320-216 F-WWDM Air One,full colours. Arrived –ex. XFW –at 20:14 and positioned to main apron.
3485 320-214 (F-WWIG) Juneyao,full colours. Main apron. Departed –to XFW - by late afternoon.
3486 320-216 (F-WWIH) Air Asia,full colours. Parked at Station Carburant.
3487 320-214 F-WWII Cebu Pacific,full colours. Main apron. Departed on test flight at 17:00,performing missed approach at 18:58 before landing back at 19:13.
3488 320-232 F-WWIK JetBlue,full colours. Parked at Station Carburant.
3489 320-216 F-WWIR Thai Air Asia,full colours. Parked at Station Carburant.
3492 320-232 (F-WWIU) Armavia,full colours. Rolled out of paint hangar to Station Carburant at 18:35.
3497 320-232 F-WWIM Primer with IndiGo tail. Parked main apron. Towed into paint hangar at 18:45.
Bits and pieces:
3510 320-233 Believed destined for TACA International. Front and rear sections in Plat-forme Logistique storage shed.
3511 320-214 Believed destined for Aeroflot. Front and rear sections in Plat-forme Logistique storage shed.
The main flight line with the various A330 &A340s in the foreground.
Additional frames which could not be read off due to position were:
1. 330? Kingfisher,full colours. Parked mid-field (facing terminal) with MSN912. Presumed to be 330-223 MSN874 F-WWKA.
ATR Plant
Latecoere
066 42-300 F-WQND all white. Parked outside on storage ramp.
1. 330? Kingfisher,full colours. Parked mid-field (facing terminal) with MSN912. Presumed to be 330-223 MSN874 F-WWKA.
A380
001 380-841 F-WWOW Airbus House colours. Not seen.
002 380-841 F-WXXL Airbus House colours. Open air storage on Lagardere plant flight line.
002 380-841 F-WXXL Airbus House colours. Open air storage on Lagardere plant flight line.
004 380-841 F-WWDD All white. Parked-up at development flight line.
007 380-841 F-WWJB Airbus House colours. Not seen,believed to be hangared for rework.
007 380-841 F-WWJB Airbus House colours. Not seen,believed to be hangared for rework.
009 380-861 F-WWEA Airbus House colours. 380 development flight line.
016 380-861 F-WWSM Pink (storage) primer with Emirates tail and engine colours. Bottom section of rudder solid white. Parked 380 production flight line.
A380-841 MSN015 F-WWSL (white tail) destined for Qantas and A380-861 MSN016 F-WWSM clearly destined for Emirates Airline.
ATR Plant
098 72-212A F-WWEY House. Parked at ATR delivery flight test stand (terminal-side). Taxied to BIKINI for engine runs at 17:15,returning to DC stand at 17:45.
673 42-500 4K-AZ808 AZQ. Old DC stands,plant-side.
786 72-212A F-WWEE Kingfisher,full colours. Parked on old delivery centre stand (terminal-side). Arrived early afternoon?
790 72-212A ‘F-WW’(last-2 not yet applied). Full CEIBA colours. Complete. Appeared out of production hall late afternoon.
Additional frames which could not be read off due to position were:
1. F-WWEx ATR72 Full Kingfisher colours. Old DC stands,plant-side.
1. F-WWEx ATR72 Full Kingfisher colours. Old DC stands,plant-side.
3. F-WWEx ATRx2 Top of cream/ fin seen. Old DC stands,terminal side.
Latecoere
066 42-300 F-WQND all white. Parked outside on storage ramp.
301 72-202 OY-RUB Danish Air Transport. Seen outside main hangar early afternoon. Seen taxiing to GA area at dusk.
Additional frames which could not be read off due to position were:
1. EuroLOT,full colours. Inside main hangar,being worked on.
1. EuroLOT,full colours. Inside main hangar,being worked on.
2. Danish Air Transport,full colours. Inside main hangar being worked on.
Selected Visitors
CS-TPK ER4 PGA
D-ACKF CR9 CLH
D-ALIE E70 RUS
D-AOLG 100 OLT #11452
D-AOLH 100 OLT
D-AOLT S20 OLT
D-AWUE 142 WDL
EC-HYG CR2 ANE
EC-IMX EM2 SWT #120158
EC-IVH CR2 ANE
EC-IZP CR2 ANE
EC-JNB CR9 ANE
EC-KCP 333 IWD
F-GIXJ 733 FPO
F-GLNK Be9 TJT
F-GRPX AT7 CCM
F-GRYL Be9 TJT
F-GRZB CR7 BZH
F-GTAO 321 AFR
F-GTAP 321 AFR #3372 AFR6112 ORY-TLS
F-GTAT 321 AFR #3441 AFR7782 CDG-TLS
F-GTSO EM2 RAE
F-GVZF AT7 RLA
F-GZTA 733 FPO
F-OPAR 772 REU
G-EZAO 319 EZY
G-EZAV 319 EZY
G-EZBJ 319 EZY #3036 EZY4025 ORY-TLS
G-EZBR 319 EZY
G-EZDE 319 EZY
G-EZIN 319 EZY
HB-JIC M90 FHE
OO-TN? 733 TAY
OY-SRH 762 SRR
PH-OFP 100 KLC
RA-82080 An124 POT 9773051462161
SX-BGJ 734 AEE
TC-IEH 321 INX
F-GFPF Da10
F-GILM SN601
F-GJAP SN601
F-GKGA SN601
F-HBMB Citation 1 (ex. HB-VLQ)
G-CITJ Citationjet
G-JMDW Citation II
LX-DNI PC-12/47 #751
A380spotter
2. F-WWEx ATR72 Full Finncom colours. Old DC stands,terminal-side.
015 380-841 F-WWSL Pink (storage) primer with all white tail. Now with (white) engines. For Qantas as VH-OQB. Parked 380 production flight line.
Bits and pieces:
941 330-243 (complete) full primer tail on trolley in ADER hall.
943 330-223 (complete) full primer tail on trolley in ADER hall,behind poste 36/37.
A330/340
001 340-311 F-WWAI House. Seen inside large hangar near general finishing hangars.
360 340-642 F-WWCA House. Arrived at 11:38 Departed at some point and seen landing back at 17:59. Performed rejected take-off at 18:06 before positioning to development flight line (behind the 380s).
360 340-642 F-WWCA House. Arrived at 11:38 Departed at some point and seen landing back at 17:59. Performed rejected take-off at 18:06 before positioning to development flight line (behind the 380s).
846 340-642X F-WWCH Lufthansa,full colours. ‘HT’fin i.d. Front (terminal-side) of l’aubrevouir.
886 340-542 F-WWTG Kingfisher Airlines,full colours. Parked at l’aubrevouir (terminal-side). Taxied out at 18:14 and departed on test flight,landing back at 19:14.
894 340-542 F-WWTH Kingfisher Airlines,full colours. Performing taxi runs mid-late morning,then positioned to l’aubrevouir (terminal-side).
910 340-542 F-WWTK Kingfisher Airlines,full colours. Rear of l’aubrevouir..
912 340-542 F-WWTL Primer with solid red Kingfisher Airlines (no logo) tail. Engineless. Parked midfield (facing away from terminal).
915 330-342 F-WWYN Cathay Pacific,full colours. Rear of l’aubrevouir.
917 340-541 (F-WWTM) Primer with Algerian Gvmt tail and engine colours. Parked l’aubrevouir (terminal-side).
920 330-301 F-WWYU China Airlines,full colours. Parked at rear of Ziegler Delivery Centre. Engine covers on.
921 340-313X F-WWJK Finnair,full colours. Parked by Beluga unpack area.
922 330-343X (F-WWYY) Lufthansa,full colours. ‘KN’fin i.d. Parked at rear of l’aubrevouir.
924 340-642X Reg,if applied,was not visible. Primer with basic (i.e. no crown logo) old RJA tail. ADER production line,position ‘D’. ‘Airbus’customer stickers!!
925 330-203 F-WWKB All primer. Parked at l’aubrevouir (terminal-side).
930 330-243 (F-WWKS) Air China,full colours. Engineless. Seen parked outside ADER hall in the morning,but gone by mid-afternoon.
932 330-202 F-WWVK Primer with (full) Jet Airways tail. Engineless. Parked outside ADER hall.
935 330-343X F-WWKF Primer with China Southern tail. Engineless. Parked outside ADER hall.
936 330-343X Reg,if applied,not visible from tour balcony. Primer with China Eastern tail. ADER production line,poste 35B.
937 330-343X ‘F-WWK’(last character not yet applied). Primer with China Southern tail. Engineless. Parked outside ADER hall.
938 340-313X F-WWKL (330 reg?!) Primer with Finnair tail,having left-hand winglet attached. ADER production line,position ‘A’.
939 330-223 F-WWKK Primer with solid red (no logo) Kingfisher tail. ADER production line,position ‘B’.
942 330-202 Reg,if applied, was not visible. Primer with unattached (full) China Eastern colours tail on trolley awaiting attachment. ADER production line,poste 36/37.
951 330-203 F-WWYR All primer,including tail. Parked at corner of l’aubrevouir (facing the terminal).
