Toulouse: Blagnac – Wednesday 28/04/2010

J.L. LAGARDERE flight line [3] 28/04/2010

H. ZIEGLER DC 28/04/2010

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.

Wednesday 28/04/2010 (09:12-22:08L)

AIRBUS PLANT

A320 family
0001  320-200  F-WWBA  Airbus. Noted on taxiway by the Airbus development flight line at 09:12.
0659  320-232  F-WWDB  DLR, testbed.  Not seen.
3974  320-214  F-WWIT  Air Blue, full colours. Parked at the ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side.
4023  320-232  F-WWDN  Dragonair, full colours.  Parked on the apron at St. Martin du Touch in storage configuration.
4119  320-216  EI-DTM  Air One/Alitalia, full colours.  Rear of ZIEGLER DC.
4195  320-216  F-WWIL  Air One/Alitalia, full colours.  ‘IA’ fin i.d. = EI-EIA.  Parked on the apron at St. Martin du Touch.
4247  320-232  F-WWDV  Dragonair, full colours.  Parked on the apron at St. Martin du Touch in storage configuration.
4249  320-216  F-WWDX  Air One/Alitalia, full colours.  ‘IB’ fin i.d. = EI-EIB. Parked on the apron at St. Martin du Touch .
4263  320-216  F-WWBG  AirAsia, full colours.  Rear of ZIEGLER DC.  To BIKINI for engine runs circa 15:00, taxiing back out and to original position at 15:35.
4267  320-214  F-WWBM  Air France, full colours.  Rear of ZIEGLER DC.
4270  320-232  LZ-MDC VIA – Air VIA, full colours.  Rear of ZIEGLER DC.
4272  320-214  N206FR  Frontier Airlines, full colours.  ZIEGLER DC, terminal side.
4273  320-214  F-WWBY  Saudi Arabian Airlines, full colours.  Rear of ZIEGLER DC.
4276  320-214  F-WWDU  Juneyao Airlines, full colours.  Rear of ZIEGLER DC.  Taxied out at 15:30, departing at 15:35.

4278  320-216  F-WWID  Thai AirAsia, full colours.  Noted at ZIEGLER DC wash station at 09:12, then towed to rear of the DC late morning and parked.

4281  320-214  F-WWIN  Avianca Colombia, full colours.  St. Martin flight line, towed to ZIEGLER DC at 19:05.
4284  320-214  F-WWIP  Avianca Colombia, full colours.  Towed ex. St. Martin flight line to the ZIEGLER DC, terminal side.  Towed very shortly after to the DC wash station (replacing MSN4278) and washed.  Then back to the St Martin flight line at 17:30.
4286  320-214  F-WWIR  easyJet, full colours.  ZIEGLER DC, terminal side.  Performed an RTO at 15:38, then back to original position.
4288  320-232  F-WWIS  Sichuan Airlines, full colours. Arrived – ex. XFW – at 18:27, and positioned to flight line at St. Martin.
4300  320-232  F-WWBQ  Shenzhen Airlines, full colours.  St. Martin flight line.  Departed (first flight) at 11:40, performing a missed approach at 12:27 on its ferry flight to XFW.
4302  320-216  F-WWDM  Thai AirAsia, full colours.  Noted in BIKINI performing engine runs at 09:12.  Then to St. Martin flight line.  Performed an RTO at 17:31, then back to the flight line.
Additional frames which could not be read off due to position were:
4255  320-214  (F-WWIO) Gulf Air, full colours.  Seen in open hangar adjacent to the A320 FAL, from the Auch carriageway.
4290  320-232  (F-WWIX)  Standard (green) primer with full China Southern tail.  Station Carburant.
4303  320-232  (F-WWDY)  JetStar Airways, full colours.  Station Carburant.
4305  320-232  (F-WWDZ)  VIA – Air Via, full colours.  Station Carburant.
4317  320-232  (F-WWBR)  Air China (tail only seen).  Noted at the rear of the St. Martin apron.
4323  320-232  (F-WWDT)  Wizz Air (tail only seen).  Noted at the rear of the St. Martin apron.
Bits and pieces:
2 (unmated) front and aft fuselage sections in open by Beluga unpack.
A330/340 family
0001  340-311  F-WWAI  Airbus.  Parked on the Airbus development test flight line.
0360  340-642  F-WWCA  Airbus.  Parked on the Airbus development test flight line.
0886  340-542  F-WWTG  Kingfisher Airlines, full colours. Final A345 in KFR colours.  External storage at the J.L.LAGARDERE plant.

0925  330-203  F-WWKB  Low visibility scheme, engineless.    External storage at the J.L.LAGARDERE plant.

1031  330-223  F-WWKF  All-white with blue engines.   Parked at corner of l’abreuvoir.  Performed an RTO at 15:23, then back to its original position.
1034  330-223  F-WWKS  All-white with white engines.  Parked on midfield ramp, in storage.
1039  330-223  F-WWYO  All (yellow) storage primer, with white engine colours.  Parked on midfield ramp in storage configuration.
1042  330-223  F-WWKK  All-white colours, with white engines.    ZIEGLER DC, terminal side.  Departed at 10:10, performed missed approach at 13:20, landing back at 13:33 and to original position at the DC.
1054  330-223  F-WWYC  All (yellow) storage primer.  Parked on midfield ramp in storage configuration.
1059  330-223  F-WWKV  All (yellow) storage primer.  Parked, engineless, on midfield ramp in storage configuration.
1101  330-343E  F-WWYI  Swiss International Air Lines, full colours.  Parked at l’abreuvoir, terminal-side.  Towed to BIKINI for engines runs at 09:55, and back at original position by 15:00.  Towed to General Finishing hangars at 19:25 and parked outside.
1102  340-542  “F-WW”  Standard (green) primer, including tail with Kuwait Airways winglet colours.  Engineless.  Stations 18. Final A340 to be built?
1104  330-243  N380HA Hawaiian Airlines, full colours.  ZIEGLER DC, terminal side.
1105  330-343E  F-WWKR  Singapore Airlines, full colours.  ZIEGLER DC, terminal side. Departed at 11:10.  Noted back in original position by 15:00.
1108  330-343E  F-WWKZ  Saudi Arabian Airlines, full colours.  Parked at l’abreuvoir, plant-side.
1110  330-343  F-WWYG  Air China, full colours.  Parked at l’abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1112  330-223  F-WWYJ  TAM Brasil, full colours.  Parked at l’abreuvoir, terminal-side. Towed to ZIEGLER DC (terminal-side) at 18:10.
1114  330-243  F-WWYN  Hawaiian Airlines, full colours.  Parked at l’abreuvoir, plant-side.
1116  330-223  F-WWKJ  China Southern Airlines, full colours.  Parked at l’abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1118  330-223  F-WWKS  Standard (green) primer with full TAM Brasil tail colours.  Parked at l’abreuvoir, plant-side.
1123  330-202  F-WWKY  Air One/Alitalia, full colours.  Parked at l’abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1124  330-343E  F-WWYK  Singapore Airlines, full colours.  Parked at l’abreuvoir, plant-side.
1127  330-343E  F-WWYP  Standard (green) primer with partial Saudi Arabian Airlines tail.  Rolled out of General Finishing hangar, now with (grey) engines installed at 19:40, and positioned to the rear of the flight line.
1129  330-223  F-WWKE  China Southern Airlines, full colours.  Engineless.  Stations 18.
1131  330-343E  F-WWYY  Standard (green) primer with full AirAsia X tail.  Engineless.  Stations 18.
Additional frames which could not be read off due to position were:
Bits and pieces:

A380
001  380-841  F-WWOW  Airbus.  Not seen.
002  380-841  F-WXXL  Airbus.  Now stored – partially-cocooned – outside at J.L.LAGARDERE.
004  380-861  F-WWDD  Airbus, back in full (standard) house colours.  Arrived at 17:20 and parked on the Airbus Development flight line.
047  380-842  F-WWAD  Standard (green) primer with full QANTAS tail. ‘QG’ fin i.d. = VH-OQG.  Complete, with engines.  Stand A16 at the Aeroconstellation flight line.
048  380-841  F-WWAK  Standard (green) primer with full Lufthansa tail.  ‘MD’ fin i.d. = D-AIMD.  Complete, with engines.  Stand A14 at the Aeroconstellation flight line.
056  380-861  F-WWAR  Standard (green) primer with full Emirates Airline tail.  Complete, with engines.  On the Aeroconstellation flight line.
062  380-842  (unmarked)  Standard (green) primer with full QANTAS tail. ‘QJ’ fin i.d. = VH-OQJ.  Engineless and very unfinished.  On the Aeroconstellation flight line.
065  380-841  (unmarked)  Standard (green) primer with full Singapore Airlines tail.  Engineless and very unfinished.  On the Aeroconstellation flight line.
Bits and pieces:
A400M
0001  F-WWMT  Airbus Military.  Noted in open hangar at the centre of the main Airbus site.
ATR Plant
098  72-600  F-WWEY  Full house scheme.  Parked at the ATR DC, terminal-side.
811  42-600  F-WWLY  Full house scheme.  Not seen.
905  72-212A  F-WWEV  Wings Abadi, full colours.  Parked at the ATR DC, terminal-side.
907  72-212A  F-WWEX  Binter Canarias, full colours.  Departed at 11:44, landing back at 12:40.  Not seen in parking position so assume this was based at the rear of the ATR DC.
911  72-212A  F-WWEE  Trip Linhas Aereas, full colours.   Parked at the ATR DC, terminal-side.
913  72-212A  F-WWEI  Air Algerie, full colours.  Noted in BIKINI performing engine runs at 09:12.  Noted departing on a test flight at 16:05, landing back at 16:42.  Not seen in parking position so assume this was based at the rear of the ATR DC.
Additional frames which could not be read off due to position were:
St. Martin du Touch, flight line:
Rear of St. Martin du Touch, close to hangars:
ATR DC – plant-side:
Not visible this visit.
ATR hangar next to A320 FAL:
None seen as the view was blocked by Airbus Development aircraft.
Original A300 hall:
None seen as the view was blocked by Airbus Development aircraft.

Latecoere Aeroservices
036  42-320  OY-JRJ  Danish Air Transport, full colours.  Noted in open side-hangar.
237  72-202  F-WNUC  All-white colours (no flag on tail).  Noted in open side-hangar.
341  72-202  F-WKVJ  All-white colours.  Parked outside on the storage ramp.
416  72-202  F-WNUH  All-white colours, with Vietnamese flag on tail.  ‘B-208’ on nosewheel door.    Parked on the rear storage apron.  Towed to GA area (old Blagnac Terminal) circa 16:00, and taxied back to Latecoere at 16:55.
419  72-202  F-WNUD  All-white colours, with Vietnamese flag on tail.  ‘B-206’ on nosewheel door.  Parked by old gate area.
523  72-202  F-WNUE  All-white colours, with Vietnamese flag on tail.  Parked outside the main hangar.
826  72-212A  F-WWEU  Fly540, full colours.  Parked outside on the storage ramp.
25124/2047  737-38B(QC)  F-GIXC  In main hangar.
F-GIYV MS894A   Noted in open side-hangar containing MSNs 036 and 237.
Additional frames which could not read-off/tied-up:
None noted.

Air France Industries
Not noted.

Aero Technique Espace (ATE) paint shop
320 bay
Closed-up.

ATR bay
Contained an unidentifiable, mostly white ATR.

Selected visitors
A6-GGP  74Y  DUB
D-AEME  E90  AUB
D-AGWF  319  GWI
D-AOLH  100 OLT
D-AOLT  S20  OLT
EC-JHP  333  IWD/XLF
F-GRPY  AT7  CCM
F-HBXB  E70  RAE
F-HBXF  E70  RAE
F-OPAR  772  REU
G-EZAA  319  EZY
G-EZAO  319  EZY
G-EZEG  319  EZY
G-EZEO  319  EZY
G-EZEW  319  EZY
G-EZFK  319  EZY
G-EZTB  320  EZY
G-EZTK  320  EZY
G-EZTL  320  EZY
G-EZTW  320  EZY
G-TOYI  733  BMI
HB-JQF  E90  BBO
N588HA  76W  HAL
OO-TAE  146  TAY
OY-SRO  762  SRR
TC-SGI  73H  SGX opf DAH
CS-DTA  C.560
F-GJFA  B200
F-GMQM  TB.20
F-HBRU  B200
N942MZ  C.152
OE-EPC  PC-12

071/62-IE  CN235  FAF
342  DF10  Centre Essai du Vols
378/ZVMP  C.212  FAF
38474/93-CE  707  FAF
R201/64-GA  C160  FAF
R225/64-GY  C160  FAF

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