Toulouse: Blagnac – Wednesday 26/05/2010

More photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/a380spotter/sets/72157624021651057/

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 26/05/2010 (09:15-23:50L)
AIRBUS PLANT

A320 family
0001 320-200 F-WWBA Airbus. Not seen.
0659 320-232 F-WWDB DLR, testbed. Not seen.

3974 320-214 F-WWIT Air Blue, full colours. Parked on the apron at St. Martin du Touch in storage configuration.
4023 320-232 F-WWDN Dragonair, full colours. Parked on the apron at St. Martin du Touch in storage configuration.
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 ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side.
4255 320-214 F-WWIO Gulf Air, full colours. Parked on the St. Martin flight line.
4303 320-232 F-WWDY JetStar Airways, full colours. ZIGELER DC, terminal-side. To BIKINI circa 14:00 for engine runs, leaving at 15:10 and back to original position on the DC.
4305 320-232 LZ-MDD VIA – Air VIA, full colours. Rear of ZIEGLER DC.
4306 320-232 F-WWIC British Airways, full colours. St. Martin flight line.
4310 320-214 F-WWII Air Arabia, full colours. Rear of the ZIEGLER DC. Departed at 12:35, landing back – with RAT deployed – at 13:55L.
4320 320-214 F-WWDJ TAM Brasil, full colours. St. Martin flight line. Departed circa 11:00, performing missed approach at 12:15L on its ferry flight to XFW.
4328 320-232 F-WWIB IndiGo, full colours. St. Martin flight line. Taxied out to compass bay? at 18:35L
4330 320-214 F-WWIJ Afriqiyah Airways, full colours. ‘NK’ fin id = 5A-ONK. Station Carburant.
4345 320-214 (F-WW??) Standard (green) primer, with full Avianca Colombia tail. Station Carburant.
4346 320-216 (F-WW??) Standard (green) primer fuselage with partial AirAsia tail colours (i.e. white elements painted, red elements still in primer). Believed to be destined for Indonesia AirAsia. Parked on St. Martin ramp.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
4312 320-232 (F-WWBD) IndiGo, full colours. St. Martin flight line.
4326 320-214 (F-WWIA) Sichuan Airlines, full colours. St. Martin flight line.
4333 320-216 (F-WWIM) Thai AirAsia, full colours. Station Carburant.
4335 320-214 (F-WWIL) Air France, full colours. General Finishing hangar.
4337 320-2 (F-WW??) Saudia Arabian Airlines colours (basic tail). General Finishing hangar.

Bits and pieces:
1. 2 (unmated) front and aft fuselage sections in open by Beluga unpack.
2. Partial Saudi Arabian colours tail in open logistics shed. MSN 4357?
3. Full China Southern colours tail in open logistics shed. MSN 4362?
4. Full Shenzhen Airlines colours tail in open logistics shed. MSN4359?
5. All-primer tail trolleyed out to production area at 10:00L.

A330/340 family
0001 340-311 F-WWAI Airbus. Parked on the Airbus development test flight line.
0360 340-642 F-WWCA Airbus. Not seen.

0886 340-542 F-WWTG Kingfisher Airlines, full colours. Final A345 in KFR colours. Now back at the rear of the St. Martin ramp (ex. external storage at LAGARDERE).
0925 330-203 F-WWKB Low visibility scheme, engineless. Airbus Development flight line. Towed to rear of the ADER plant (outside GF hangars) at 14:00L.
0996 330-203 F-WWKT Standard (green) primer, including tails. Parked at l’abrevouir, plant-side.
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.
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.
1062 330-200F “F-WW Z” (third character not yet applied). Standard (green) primer with full Hainan Airlines tail colours. Engineless. Stations 18.
1091 340-542 F-WWTE State of Kuwait, full colours – minus tail logo. Parked at l’abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1102 340-542 “F-WW” Standard (green) primer, including tail with State of Kuwait winglet colours. Engineless. Stations 18. Moved to rear of midfield storage stands by 17:20L. Final A340 to be built?
1114 330-243 F-WWYN Hawaiian Airlines, full colours. ZIEGLER DC hangar, rolling out at 12:40 and positioned to external stand, terminal-side. Departed at 18:15, landing back at 19:12.
1118 330-223 F-WWKS TAM Brasil, full colours. Parked at l’abreuvoir, plant-side. Towed to the DC, terminal-side after dark.
1120 330-243 F-WWYA Oman Air, full colours. Towed ex. l’abreuvoir, terminal-side to BIKINI for engine runs at 09:45L.
1123 330-202 F-WWKY Air One/Alitalia, full colours. Parked at l’abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1126 330-343E F-WWYQ AirAsia X, full colours. Parked at l’abreuvoir, plant-side. Departed at 10:30, landing back at 11:12L.
1129 330-223 F-WWKE China Southern Airlines, full colours. Parked at l’abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1130 330-343 F-WWKN Air China, full colours. Parked at l’abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1131 330-343E F-WWYY Standard (green) primer with full AirAsia X tail. Parked at l’abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1141 330-343 “F-WW Z” (third character not yet applied). All standard (green) primer, including tail. ‘Stations 18’.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
1101 330-343E F-WWYI Swiss International Air Lines, full colours. Appeared at l’abreuvoir, terminal-side after dark.
1135 330-20 (F-WWYU) Air One/Alitalia, full colours, Glimpsed in partially open (engine fitting?) General Finishing hangar.

Bits and pieces:
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A380
001 380-841 F-WWOW Airbus. Parked on the Airbus development test flight line. Departed at 14:40, landing back at 19:30L.
002 380-841 F-WXXL Airbus. Now stored – partially-cocooned – outside at J.L.LAGARDERE.
004 380-861 F-WWDD Airbus. Noted in the Airbus Development flight line hangar.

047 380-842 F-WWAD Standard (green) primer with full QANTAS tail. ‘QG’ fin i.d. = VH-OQG. Complete, with engines. Parked at the Aeroconstellation flight line. Performed an RTO at 15:15L and then back to original parking position.
052 380-861 F-WWAN Standard (green) primer with full Air France tail. Complete, with engines. Parked at the Aeroconstellation flight line.
055 380-842 F-WWAP Standard (green) primer with full QANTAS tail. ‘QI’ fin i.d. = VH-OQI. Complete, with engines. Rolled out of FAL and positioned to Aeroconstellation flight line at 19:45L.
057 380-861 F-WWAS Standard (green) primer with full Emirates Airline tail. Complete, with engines. Stand A14 on 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.
064 380-861 [F-WWAL] Standard (green) primer with full Air France tail. Identity confirmed by stencil on forward fuselage. In partially-open FAL (non-tour side).

Additional frames which could not be read off:
035 380-861 [F-WWAT] Tip of (full colours) Korean Air tail seen in partially open section of the LAGARDERE FAL (tour side).
0?? 380-8xx [F-WWxx] Silhouetted undercarriage and engines seen in centre re-work hangar on Aeroconstellation site.

Bits and pieces:
070 380-841 Complete rear section on trolley outside at Aeroconstellation Nord.

A400M
0001 F-WWMT Airbus Military. Not seen.
0002 EC-402 Airbus Military. Parked on Airbus Development flight line. Departed at 10:40, landing back at 16:05. Departed again 18:49, landing back at 20:10.

ATR Plant
098 72-600 F-WWEY Full house scheme. Noted in open (original) A300 hall.
811 42-600 F-WWLY Full house scheme. Parked on the ATR DC, terminal side. Departed at 10:20, landing back circa 15:00L.

905 72-212A F-WWEV Wings Abadi, full colours. Parked at the ATR DC, terminal-side. Departed at 16:45L.
911 72-212A F-WWEE Trip Linhas Aereas, full colours. Parked at the ATR DC, terminal-side.
914 72-212A F-WWEJ Vietnam Airlines, full colours. Parked at the ATR DC, terminal-side.

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

St. Martin du Touch, flight line:
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Rear of St. Martin du Touch, close to hangars:
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ATR DC – plant-side:
72-212A Fly540, full colours. Assumed to be MSN 826, F-WWEU.
72-212A Belle Air, full colours. Assumed to be MSN 908 F-WWEZ.

ATR hangar next to A320 FAL:
None seen as the view was blocked by Airbus Development aircraft.

Original A300 hall:
72-600 Full house scheme. Believed to be MSN098 F-WWEY.
72-212A Trip Linhas Aereas, full colours. Believed to be MSN918 F-WWEP.

Latecoere Aeroservices
341 72-202 F-WKVJ All-white colours. Noted taxiing back to Latecoere from the GA terminal at 10:07. Seen again at 15:00, outside on taxiway by the rear storage ramp with several propellers removed, undergoing work.
416 72-202 F-WNUH All-white colours, with Vietnamese flag on tail. ‘B-208’ on nosewheel door. In partially-open side hangar.
519 72-202 F-WKVB All-white colours, with Vietnamese flag on tail. ‘B-248’ on nosewheel door. Parked on apron that used to be the approach road.
523 72-202 F-WNUE All-white colours, with Vietnamese flag on tail. ‘B-246’ on nosewheel door. Parked on apron that used to be the approach road.

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
D-AEMD E90 AUB
D-AKNV 319 GWI
D-AOLH 100 OLT
EC-HAK EM2 SWT
EC-HHV CR2 ANE
EC-JYA CR9 ANE
F-GIXL 733 FPO
F-HBXB E70 RAE
F-HBXE E70 RAE
F-OPAR 772 REU
G-EZAT 319 EZY
G-EZAY 319 EZY
G-EZEB 319 EZY
G-EZFC 319 EZY
G-EZMH 319 EZY
G-EZTB 320 EZY
G-EZTD 320 EZY
G-EZTW 320 EZY
G-TOYI 733 BMI
HB-JQF E90 BBO
OO-TAF 146 TAY
OY-SRI 762 SRR
TS-INN 320 LBT