Saturday 21/03/2009 (10:05-20:45L)

March’s second visit, this time on foot but with MACH II ( to gain access to the plant) and J.L. LAGARDERE (A380 FAL) tours to spice things up.   

Shots at:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/a380spotter/sets/72157615644884161/ 

 

 

l’aubrevouir from Parc Auto P3: closer at dusk 21/03/2009

 

 

ATR Delivery Centre at dusk 21/03/2009

 

 

Widebody storage at J.L. LAGARDERE 21/03/2009

 

 

A340-642(X) MSN0856 F-WWCJ (EY) remains

 

 

A320-214 MSN3819 F-WWIO 9S

 

 

A380-842 MSN0027 F-WWSY QF

 

 

A380-842 MSN0027 F-WWSY QF

 

 

The usual disclaimers apply: Brackets indicate assumed reg. from previous intelligence.  No brackets = positive sighting.  All times are French local.

All frames parked-up, unless noted.

Toulouse: Blagnac – Saturday 21/03/2009 (10:05-20:45L)  

AIRBUS PLANT

A300

0988  330-243  F-WWKI  Hainan Airlines, full colours.  Parked at rear of the DC.  

238     300B4-203  F-WUAB  Parked outside A300 hall in prototype colours.

655/1  300-608ST  F-GSTA  Departed at 11:20.        

751/2  300-608ST  F-GSTB  Parked-up all day.     
765/3  300-608ST  F-GSTC  Arrived lunchtime.     

776/4  300-608ST  F-GSTD  Parked at ZIEGLER DC Wash Station being washed down.  Towed back to Beluga unpack area late afternoon.   
796/5  300-608ST  F-GSTF  All white.  Parked-up all day.  

A320 family
0001  320-200  F-WWBA  Airbus.  Parked on main St. Martin du Touch apron.

 

3621  320-232  F-WWIK  Kingfisher Airlines, full colours EXCEPT for tail logo.  Parked on main apron at St. Martin du Touch.

3809  320-214  F-WWDV  All white colours.  Believed destined for Air Arabia Maroc as CN-NMA.  Parked at rear of H. ZIEGLER DC.

3819  320-214  F-WWIO  Spring Airlines, full colours.  Seen in open Aero Technique Espace paint shop.

3825  320-214  F-GKXS  Air France, full (old) colours.  Parked at rear of H. ZIEGLER DC. 

3831  320-216  EI-DTC  Air One/Alitalia, all white colours.  Parked at rear of H. ZIEGLER DC.

3833  320-214  D-ABDV  Air Berlin, full colours.  Parked at the H. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side.

3846  320-216  F-WWBY  Air One/Alitalia, all white colours, ‘TD’ on tail = EI-DTD.  Parked on main apron at St. Martin du Touch.

3859  320-214  F-WWDM  Air France, full (old) colours.  Parked on main apron at St. Martin du Touch.

3861  320-214  F-WWBP  Bahrain Air, full colours.  Parked at Station Carburant.

3866  320-214  F-WWDZ  S7 Airlines, full colours.  Parked at Station Carburant.

3871  320-214  (F-WWIG)  easyJet Airline, full colours.  Noted in open paint hall, nearby Airbus Corporate Jet (previously SOGERMA) hangars.  Noted later on the main apron at St. Martin du Touch.

 

Additional frames which could not be read off due to position were:

3748  320-232  (F-WWBQ)  Kingfisher Airlines, basic colours – no titles or tail logo.  Noted from tour bus on main apron at St. Martin du Touch.  Acute angle made it impossible to read definitively, no longer has tape on top tail fin as noted earlier this month.  Coming out of storage?

3840  320-214  (F-WWBM)  Air Arabia, full colours.  Parked on main apron at St. Martin du Touch.

3863  320-232  (F-WWDY)  IndiGo, full colours.  Parked at Station Carburant.

3877  320-232  (F-WW??)  Wizz Air, primer with full Wizz tail.  Parked on main apron at St. Martin du Touch.

3880  320-214  (F-WWIL)  S7 Airlines, primer with full S7 tail.  Parked on main apron at St. Martin du Touch.

 

 

Bits and pieces:

38??  320-214?  Front and rear sections noted – in open – on apron near Beluga unpack.  

38??  320-214?  Front and rear sections noted – ”                                                     “.  

   

 

A330/340 family
0001  340-311  F-WWAI  Airbus.  Not seen.

0360  340-642  F-WWCA  Airbus.   Parked on development test flight line. 

 

0856  340-642(X)  (F-WWTJ) (Etihad Airways) Fuselage section (aft of wing) seen on low-loader outside Aero Technique Espace complex.  Still in Etihad colours.  See photo (above).

 

0886  340-542  F-WWTG  Kingfisher Airlines, full colours.  Parked on main apron at St. Martin du Touch.  Stored.

0894  340-542  F-WWTH  All white, with red (ex-Kingfisher Airlines, i.e. no logos) engines.  Parked on midfield apron.  Stored.

0902  340-542  F-WWTJ  Kingfisher Airlines, full colours. Parked on at l’aubrevouir, terminal-side.  Ex-storage?

0925  330-203  F-WWKB  Low visibility scheme, engineless.  Doors, cockpit and undercarriage legs well taped-up against the elements.  Parked on J.L.LAGARDERE (A380) apron.  Continued storage.

0960  340-642  F-WWCG  Iberia, full colours.  Engine socks, doors, cockpit and undercarriage legs well taped-up against the elements.  Parked on J.L.LAGARDERE (A380) apron.  Continued storage.

0990  330-343E  F-WWKK  Thai Airways International, full colours.  Parked at rear of the DC.

0992  330-243  F-WWKN  (Standard green) primer, including tail with white engines.  Parked at l’aubrevouir, plant-side.  

0993  340-642  F-WWCK  (Standard green) primer with Iberia tail.  Engineless.  Parked on midfield apron.  Stored? 

1000  330-343E  F-WWYX  Swiss International Air Lines, full colours.  Parked at l’aubrevouir, terminal-side. 

1002  330-223  F-WWKP  (Standard green) primer, with full Air Comet tail and engine colours.  Parked on midfield apron.  Engines taped-up.

1006  330-343E  F-WWYB  Singapore Airlines, full colours.  Parked at l’aubrevouir, terminal-side. 

1008  330-243  F-WWYD  HiFly, all white colours.  Parked at l’aubrevouir, terminal-side.

1014  330-243  F-WWKU  (Standard green) primer with (full) Aeroflot tail, engineless.  Aeroflot customer stickers.  Parked outside C. ADER FAL. 

1017  340-642  ‘F-WW’ (last 2 not yet applied)  (Standard green) primer with (full) Iberia tail, engineless.  Iberia customer stickers.  Parked outside C. ADER FAL. 

1018  330-343E  No registration.  (Standard green) primer with primer tail and mostly white rudder, engineless. Swiss International Air Lines customer stickers. This is the 1,000th A330/A340 airframe built.  Has additional ‘AEROLIA’ and ‘1000eme’ stencils near cockpit windows  Parked outside C. ADER FAL. 

 

Additional frames which could not be read off due to position were:

0980  330-203  (F-WWYR)  (Standard green) primer, including tail – engineless.  Parked on development test flight line.

0987  340-642  (F-WWCQ)  Lufthansa, full colours.  In closed H. ZIEGLER DC hangar.

0994  330-302E  (F-WWKO)  Finnair, full colours.  Parked at l’aubrevouir, plant-side.   

0997  330-343E  (F-WWYM)  Singapore Airlines, full colours.  Parked at l’aubrevouir, plant-side.  

0998  330-243  (F-WWYT)  MEA Middle East Airlines, full colours.  Towed from DC terminal-side into H. ZIEGLER DC hangar at 10:20.

 

Bits and pieces:

1??? A330/A340 front and rear sections in Beluga unpack (open) storage shed.  MSN stencils could not be read from the P3 due to the heat-haze.

 

A380

001  380-841  F-WWOW  Airbus.  Parked on the development flight line.

002  380-841  F-WXXL  Airbus.  Not seen.

004  380-841  F-WWDD  Airbus.  Not seen.
007  380-841  F-WWJB  Airbus.  Not seen.  Hangared undergoing re-work to production standard.

009  380-861  F-WWEA  Airbus.  Not seen.  Hangared undergoing re-work to production standard.

 

023  380-861  F-WWST  (Standard green) primer with full Emirates tail (base of rudder is solid white).  Parked on Aero Constellation production flight line. 

025  380-861  No registration.  (Standard green) primer with full Emirates tail.  Note: leading edge side-panels of tail had been removed to reveal spars, and the (forward) top of the fin featured a section in Airbus House colours.  Presumably this section originated from MSN007 or 009!  Engineless.  On J.L. LAGARDERE FAL, poste 30B. 

027  380-842  F-WWSY  (Standard green) primer with all white tail.  Red paint (i.e. Qantas) around horizontal stabiliser joints.  Parked on Aero Constellation production flight line, stand A14.  Destined for QANTAS Airways as VH-OQE.

029  380-842  F-WWSA  (Standard green) primer with white/part-primer tail.  Red paint (i.e. Qantas) around horizontal stabiliser joints.  Destined for QANTAS Airways as VH-OQF.  Parked on Aero Constellation production flight line, stand A12.  

040  380-861  F-WWSE  (Standard green) primer with (old) Air France tail.  Engines now attached.   On J.L. LAGARDERE FAL, poste 30A.  Destined for Air France as F-HPJB.

047  380-842  No registration.  (Standard green) primer with full (new) QANTAS Airways tail.  ‘QG’ fin i.d. destined for QANTAS Airways as VH-OQG.  On J.L. LAGARDERE FAL, poste 30C.  

  

  

ATR Plant

098  72-600  F-WWEY  House.  Not seen.

 

788  72-212A  F-WWEG  Kingfisher, full colours.  Parked on ATR DC, plant-side. 

801  42-500  F-WWLT  Air St. Pierre, full colours.  Parked on ATR flight line.

802  42-500  F-WWLU  All primer, with all-white tail.  Parked on ATR DC, terminal-side.   

816  72-212A  F-WWEF  fly 540 Angola, full colours.  Parked on ATR flight line. 

826  72-212A  F-WWEU  fly 540 Angola, full colours.  Parked on ATR flight line.

848  72-212A  F-WWEN  Finncomm Airlines, full colours.  Parked on ATR flight line. 

851  72-212A  F-WWEU  fly 540 Angola, full colours.  Parked on ATR DC, plant-side.

853  72-212A  F-WWEW  Aurigny Air Services, full colours.  Parked on ATR DC, terminal-side.

858  72-212A  F-WWEC  Berjaya Air Sendirian Berhad, full colours.  Parked on ATR DC, terminal-side.  

861  72-212A  F-WWEH  Tarom, full colours.  Parked on ATR DC, terminal-side, performing engine runs early afternoon, then back to original position. 

 

Additional frames which could not be read off due to position were:

1.  72-212A  All white. Parked at very rear of St. Martin du Touch apron, near ATR hangars.  Presumed to be MSN805 F-WWEQ, Kingfisher ntu.

2.  72-212A  Primer with all-white tail, complete with props. Parked at very rear of St. Martin du Touch apron, near ATR hangars.  Only visible from the P3 so no chance of identifying.

3.  72-212A  Primer with all-white tail, complete with props. Parked at very rear of St. Martin du Touch apron, near ATR hangars.  Only visible from the P3 so no chance of identifying.

4.  72-212A  Primer with all-grey (low-viz?) tail, complete with props.  Tail-cone section missing. Parked at very rear of St. Martin du Touch apron, near ATR hangars.  Glimpsed from the tour bus while on the C. ADER complex.  Tail may have been white, appearing grey due to shadow from nearby buildings.

5.  42-500?  Complete fuselage minus tail, tail-cone and wings on trailer outside the ATR production hall.

 

Latecoere Aeroservices

503  42-500  VT-ADI  Air Deccan, old colours.  Parked outside on storage ramp..

510  42-500  VT-ADH  Air Deccan, old colours.  Parked outside main hangar, by the front gate.

691  42-500  F-WWLM  All white.  Parked outside on storage ramp. 

785  72-212A  F-WWED  Simplifly Deccan, full colours.  Parked outside on storage ramp, in storage configuration: wheels covered and securely tethered to the ground.  

836  72-212A  F-WWEC  fly 540 Rwanda, full colours.  Parked outside near front gate, in storage configuration.

845  72-212A  F-WWEK  fly 540 Angola, full colours.  Parked outside near front gate, in storage configuration.  

846  72-212A  F-WWEL  Islas Airways, full colours.  Parked outside near front gate, in storage configuration.   

 

Additional frames which could not be read off due to position were:

Nothing noted this visit. 

 

 

Air France Industries

Nothing noted this visit.

 

Selected Visitors

 

7T-VJR  736  DAH

CN-RMY  735  RAM

CN-ROM  321  BMM  8A2030 RAK-TLS

CN-RPE  73H  JFU

CS-TPN  ER4  PGA

D-ACPA  CR7  CLH

F-GRPY  AT7  CCM

F-GVZB  AT5  RLA

F-GYAI  320  BIE

G-EZAT  319  EZY

G-EZBW  319  EZY

TS-IOQ  736  TAR

 

 

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