Toulouse: Blagnac – Wednesday 28/07/2010

More photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/a380spotter/sets/72157624486732827/

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

All frames parked-up, unless noted.

Wednesday 28/07/2010 (09:20-22:35L)
AIRBUS PLANT

A320 family
0001 320-200 F-WWBA Airbus. Parked at the A320 flight line, St. Martin du Touch.
0659 320-232 F-WWDB DLR, testbed. Not seen.

3356 319-115(X) ACJ 9H-SNA Parked outside Airbus Corporate Jet hangars.
3974 320-214 F-WWIT Air Blue, full colours. Parked on the apron at St. Martin du Touch in storage configuration.
4376 320-214 HZ-AS19 Saudi Arabian Airlines (full) colours. Rear of the ZIEGLER DC.
4379 320-214 F-WWIF Aerogal, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side. Taxied-out to BIKINI engine-test cell at 18:10L.
4384 320-232 F-WWBN IndiGo, full colours. Rear of the ZIEGLER DC. Taxied-out at 16:20L to BIKINI, returning to original position at 17:30.
4399 320-214 F-WWBC GoAir, full colours. St. Martin du Touch flight line. Performed an RTO on 32L at 16:40 and immediately returned to original position.
4401 320-214 F-WWBK Juneyao Airlines, full colours. Noted in BIKINI at 09:20L.
4402 320-214 F-WWBS Air France, full colours. Station Carburant.
4404 320-216 (F-WWBG) AirAsia, full colours. A320 General Finishing, poste 15E.
4405 320-214 F-WWBX Libyan Arab Airlines, full colours. Main apron at St. Martin du Touch.
4408 320-214 F-WWIE Saudi Arabian Airlines, full colours with basic (i.e. minus decal) tail. Station Carburant.
4411 320-214 “F-WW” Standard (green) primer with full Wataniya Airways tail. Main apron at St. Martin du Touch.
4417 320-214 F-WWDM Standard (green) primer with full Uzbekistan Airlines tail. Main apron at St. Martin du Touch.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
4386 320-216 (F-WWDE) Thai AirAsia, full colours. Appeared on the St. Martin du Touch flight line late afternoon. Assumed be the frame seen earlier in the day in part-open large hangar at St. Martin.
4404 320-216 (F-WWBG) General Finishing bay 15E.
441x 320-2?? All primer, including tail. General Finishing bay 15C.

Bits and pieces:
4440 (Unmated) front and aft fuselage sections in open hangar opposite Auch dual-carriageway. Believed to be destined for Hainan Airlines as a model -232.
4441 (Unmated) front and aft fuselage sections in open hangar opposite Auch dual-carriageway. Believed to be destined for TAM Brasil as a model -214.
+ a further two unmated front & aft fuselage sections on trolleys outside Beluga unpack. MSNs 444x & 444x.

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

0886 340-542 F-WWTG Kingfisher Airlines, full colours. Not seen.
0894 340-542 F-WWTH White with red engines. Parked on the widebody flight line, terminal-side.
0925 330-203MRTT/KC-45A F-WWKB Low visibility scheme, engineless. Parked at the rear of the St. Martin ramp.
1032 330-243F F-WWKG Etihad Crystal Cargo, full colours. ‘CA’ nosewheel i.d = A6-DCA. Flight line, terminal-side. Noted entering BIKINI engine-test cell at 09:45L. Departed at 16:45L, landing back at 17:37.
1034 330-223 F-WWKS All-white colours. Flight line, corner. Departed at 11:20L. Noted back in original position late afternoon. Seen again, after dark, at the ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side.
1039 330-223 F-WWYO Standard (green) primer, with white engine colours. Parked at flight line – corner.
1059 330-223 F-WWKV All (yellow) storage primer. Parked, engineless, on midfield ramp in storage configuration.
1062 330-243F “F-WW Z” Standard (green) primer, with full Hong Kong (Hainan) Airlines tail. Complete with engines attached. Towed ex-General Finishing at 10:15L, positioning alongside Stations 18 at 11:00. Noted late afternoon in position on Stations 18 (replacing MSN 1155).
1131 330-343E F-WWYY AirAsia X, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side. Towed into ZIEGLER hangar at 16:55.
1141 330-343E F-WWKL Saudi Arabian Airlines, full colours. Parked at DC, terminal-side. Departed at ??:??, performing a missed approach at 14:28, before landing back by 16:30.
1143 330-343E F-WWKQ EgyptAir, full colours. Parked at flight line, terminal-side. Undergoing engine inspections after first flight the previous day.
1145 330-343E F-WWYD Swiss International Air Lines, full colours. Parked at flight line, plant-side.
1146 330-343E F-WWYV Singapore Airlines, full colours. Complete with engines attached. Parked mid-field in storage configuration, i.e. engine covers and undercarriage bagged.
1147 330-343E F-WWYB Saudi Arabian Airlines, full colours (basic tail, i.e. minus decal). Parked at flight line, terminal-side.
1153 330-343E F-WWYT Saudi Arabian Airlines, full colours (basic tail, i.e. minus decal). “Stations 18”.
1155 330-223 (F-WW??) Korean Air, full colours. Stations 18. Had disappeared by late afternoon, replaced by MSN 1062.
1156 330-343E “F-WW” (last 2 characters not applied). Standard (green) primer with full Singapore Airlines tail. Stations 18.
1159 330-243 “F-WW Z” Standard (green) primer with full Hainan Airlines tail. In ADER General Finishing Poste 20E.
1161 330-202 “F-WW Z” Standard (green) primer with full KLM – Royal Dutch Airlines tail. Stations 18.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
1102 340-542 (F-WWTTZ) State of Kuwait. In ADER General Finishing Poste 20C.
1149 330-343E (F-WWYH) Singapore Airlines, full colours. In ADER General Finishing Poste 20D.
1150 330-343E (F-WWYM) Turkish Airlines, full (new) colours. In ADER General Finishing Poste 20A.
1157 330-343E (F-WW??) Standard (green) primer colours. In ADER General Finishing Poste 20B.
1168 330-343(X) (F-WW??) Standard (green) primer, tail could not be seen. In body-join (Poste 35A) on the C. ADER FAL. Believed to tbe the first -300 for Hong Kong Airlines.

Bits and pieces:
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A380
001 380-841 F-WWOW Airbus. Noted on the Airbus Development flight line.
002 380-841 F-WXXL Airbus. Seen in partially-open re-work hangar at J.L.LAGARDERE.
004 380-861 F-WWDD Airbus. Noted on the Airbus Development flight line.

035 380-861 (unmarked) Standard (green) primer with full Korean Air tail colours. Complete (apart from some of belly fairing) – pylons attached but no engines. Poste 30B on the LAGARDERE FAL.
052 380-861 F-WWAN Standard (green) primer with full Air France tail and engine colours. Note that engines on right-hand wing were wearing (borrowed) cowlings featuring the EA (Engine Alliance) logo! (Engines on the left side could not be seen). Stand A19 on Aeroconstellation flight line.
061 380-841 F-WWAV Standard (green) primer with full Lufthansa tail. ‘ME’ fin i.d. = D-AIME. Complete, with engines. Stand A12 on Aeroconstellation flight line.
062 380-842 (F-WWAQ) Standard (green) primer with Qantas tail. Noted in partially open re-work hangar opposite the LAGARDERE flight line.
064 380-861 F-WWAU Standard (green) primer with full Air France tail. Complete – all 4 engines installed. Stand A17 on Aeroconstellation flight line.
065 380-841 F-WWSM Standard (green) primer with full Singapore Airlines tail. Complete – all 4 engines installed. Noted in non-tour side of the LAGARDERE FAL (opposite end to balcony).
066 380-841 (unmarked) Standard (green) primer with full Lufthansa tail. ‘MF’ fin i.d. = D-AIMF. Complete (apart from some of belly fairing) – pylons attached but no engines. Flap fairing sections on trolleys to the side of the aircraft. Poste 30C on the LAGARDERE FAL.
069 380-841 (presumably unmarked) Standard (green) primer with full Lufthansa tail colours. In partially-open FAL (non-tour side, balcony-end).
071 380-841 (unmarked) Standard (green) primer with full Singapore Airlines tail. Complete – pylons attached but no engines. Poste 30A on the LAGARDERE FAL.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
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Bits and pieces:
031 380-841 (unmarked) Wing set (still on low-loaders) parked inside entrance to Aeroconstellation Nord.

A400M
0001 F-WWMT Airbus Military. Not seen.
0002 EC-402 Airbus Military. Not seen.
0003 F-WWMS Airbus Military. Parked on Airbus Development flight line. Departed at 16:35L, performed a missed-approach at 18:15, landing back at 18:30.

ATR Plant
811 42-600 F-WWLY Full house scheme. Parked at the ATR DC, terminal-side. Departed at 14:50L, landing back at 17:25.

918 72-212A F-WWEP Trip Linhas Aereas, full colours. Parked at the ATR DC, terminal-side. Noted taxiing back to parking position from the compass bay area at 09:45L.
926 72-212A (F-WWE?) Trip Linhas Aereas, full colours. Appeared on St. Martin du Touch apron circa. 17:30L.

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

St. Martin du Touch, flight line:
826 72-212A (F-WWEU/D2-FLY) Fly540, full colours.

Rear of St. Martin du Touch, close to hangars:
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ATR DC – plant-side:
911 72-212A F-WWEE Trip Linhas Aereas, full colours. Parked at the ATR DC, plant-side.
916 72-212A F-WWEN Finncomm, full colours. Parked at the ATR DC, plant-side.

ATR hangar next to A320 FAL:
..as seen from the Auch dual carriageway:
098 72-600 F-WWEY Full house scheme. Receiving attention.
??? 72-212A Primer with all-white tail.
??? 72-212A Primer with all-white tail.
??? 72-212A Dark blue tail seen in silhouette, possibly MSN 925 or 927 for Vietnam Airlines.
+ 1 more frames which could only be seen in silhouette.
+ 2 all-(green) primer fuselage sections.

Original A300 hall:
72-212A Standard (green) primer with white tail.
72-212A Jet Airways, full colours. Believed to be either MSN 919 or 920.
72-212A Jet Airways, full colours. Believed to be either MSN 919 or 920.
42-500 Precisionair Services, full colours. Believed to be MSN 819.

Latecoere Aeroservices
419 72-202 F-WNUD All-white also wearing HB-AFW (which was partly uncovered by peeling sticker) on left-side only. Departed on a test flight at 10:07L. Back to Latecoere – rear ramp – by mid afternoon.
478 72-202 SP-LFH EuroLot, full colours. Parked outside the main hangar, receiving attention.
519 72-202 F-WKVB All-white colours, with Vietnamese flag on tail. ‘B-248’ on nosewheel door. Parked on the rear storage ramp.

908 72-212A I-LZAN Belle Air Europe, full colours. Parked on the rear ramp, departed at 18:35L.

Additional frames which could not read-off/tied-up:
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Air France Industries
Nothing visible.

Paint Hangar:
Closed.

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

ATR bay
Closed.

Selected visitors
D-AKNV 319 GWI
D-AOLB S20 OLT
D-AOLG 100 OLT
EC-JBD EM2 SWT
F-GLNK Be9
F-HBXD E70 RAE
F-HBXJ E70 RAE
F-OMAY 772 REU
G-CELV 733 EXS
G-CELZ 733 EXS
G-EZBX 319 EZY
G-EZDS 319 EZY
G-EZEV 319 EZY
G-EZIN 319 EZY
G-EZTD 320 EZY
G-EZTI 320 EZY
G-TOYM 733 BMI
HB-JQF E90 BBO
OO-TAH 146 TAY
OY-SRO 762 SRR

D-CHLM LJ45
F-GGGA Citation
F-GGGT Citation
F-GHOC B200
F-GNSC Beech 58
F-HDPP EA-300/L
G-DRBN Phenom
P4-ALA Hawker 900XP

114 CN-235 French Air Force (Coded 62-IJ)
R210 Transall French Air Force (Coded 64-GJ)