LOG: Toulouse: Blagnac – Wednesday 25/08/2010

More photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/a380spotter/sets/72157624820688172/with/4932461785/

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 25/08/2010 (09:55-22:20L)
AIRBUS PLANT

A320 family
0001 320-200 F-WWBA Airbus. Parked on the apron at St. Martin du Touch.
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.
4381 320-214 N481AV Avianca, full colours. Appeared at the ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side, by 14:55.
4394 320-214 F-WWDX Saudi Arabian Airlines, full colours (including tail decal). Rear of the ZIEGLER DC. Departed 10:35L, landing back at 12:15 and to original position.
4397 320-214 F-WWIL Saudi Arabian Airlines, full colours (including tail decal). Rear of the ZIEGLER DC.
4407 320-232 F-WWDS Shenzhen Airlines, full colours. St. Martin du Touch flight line. Departed at 11:55L, performing flypast at 12:45 then off to XFW. First flight?
4408 320-214 F-WWIE Saudi Arabian Airlines, full colours (including tail decal). Noted performing engine runs in BIKINI at 09:55L, then in compass base at 10:05 and back to the St. Martin du Touch flight line shortly after. Taxied out at 19:10, performing an RTO on 32R at 19:17, then back to original parking position.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
4388 320-232X Prestige F-WWDG Executive colours. Parked on the St. Martin du Touch flight line.
4402 320-214 (F-HBNB) Air France, full colours. Noted in the (closed) ZIEGLER DC during daylight. Noted, again, outside on rear stand at 22:20.
4404 320-216 (F-WWBG) AirAsia, full colours. Parked on the St. Martin du Touch flight line.
4411 320-214 (F-WW??) Wataniya Airways, full colours. Station Carburant.
4421 320-232 (F-WW??) Standard (green) primer with full Tiger Airways tail. Station Carburant.

Bits and pieces:
Two unmated front & aft fuselage sections on trolleys outside Beluga unpack. MSNs 44?? & 44??.

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. Parked on the widebody flight line, terminal-side. Taxied out to 32L at 18:35L, performing a rejected take-off at 18:42. Then back to original position. Note a/c was wearing ‘F-WWTG’ on both sides, not CS-TQP as had been previously reported.
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.
1039 330-223 F-WWYO Standard (green) primer, with white engine colours. Parked at flight line – corner.
1070 330-243F F-WWYF Etihad Crystal Cargo, full colours – minus tail logo. Flight line, terminal-side.
1131 330-343E F-WWYY AirAsia X, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, plant-side. Engine covers on.
1143 330-343E SU-GDS EgyptAir, full colours. Parked at DC, terminal-side.
1146 330-343E F-WWYV Singapore Airlines, full colours. Parked at flight line – corner. Was parked mid-field in storage configuration last month.
1149 330-343E F-WWYH Singapore Airlines, full colours. Parked at flight line, terminal-side.
1150 330-343(X) F-WWYM Turkish Airlines, full (new) colours. Parked at flight line, terminal-side.
1051 330-243F F-WWKU Hong Kong Airlines, full colours. Parked at flight line, plant-side. Noted being towed to the ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side at 17:05L.
1163 330-343 F-WWKR Standard (green) primer with full Cathay Pacific tail and winglet colours. ‘Stations 18’.
1165 330-343E (no registration attached) Standard (green) primer with full AirAsia X tail and winglet colours. ‘Stations 18’.
1170 330-343(X) F-WWKZ Standard (green) primer with full (new) Turkish Airlines tail colours. No winglets attached. ‘Stations 18’.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
1004 330-224F (F-WWYE) House colours. Glimpsed in General Finishing at the main ADER plant.
1059 330-223 (F-WWKV) All (yellow) storage primer. Noted in large re-work hangar at ADER plant.
1062 330-243F (F-WW?U) Hong Kong Airlines, full colours. In ADER General Finishing Poste 20E, next to MSN 1155.
1147 330-343E (F-WWYB) Saudi Arabian Airlines, full colours (including tail decal). Parked at flight line, plant-side. Performed at RTO on 14R at 15:32
1151 330-323E (F-WWYS) Asiana Airlines, full colours. Parked at flight line, plant-side.
1155 330-223 (F-WW??) Korean Air, full colours. In ADER General Finishing.
1156 330-343E (F-WW??) Singapore Airlines, full colours. In ADER General Finishing Poste 20B.

Bits and pieces:
Full (new) colours Turkish Airlines tail in open storage shed next to Beluga unpack. Assumed to be MSN 1172.

A380
001 380-841 F-WWOW Airbus. Arrived at 10:21L, departed at 10:36, performed a missed approach at 10:52. Noted parked on the Airbus Development flight line mid-afternoon.
002 380-841 F-WXXL Airbus. Not seen, re-work hangar at J.L.LAGARDERE was closed.
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.
062 380-842 F-WWAQ Standard (green) primer with Qantas tail and engine colours. Stand A19 on Aeroconstellation flight line.
064 380-861 F-WWAU Standard (green) primer with full Air France tail and engine colours. Noted performing taxi-trials at 09:55, then to stand A14 on Aeroconstellation flight line by 10:20L.
065 380-841 F-WWSM Standard (green) primer with full Singapore Airlines tail and engine colours. Stand A17 on Aeroconstellation flight line.
066 380-841 (unmarked) Standard (green) primer with full Lufthansa tail. ‘MF’ fin i.d. = D-AIMF. Complete (apart from some of belly fairing) with at least the number 3 engine installed. The number 4 was noted on a trolley beside the aircraft. Note: number 2 engine may have been installed and number 1 position could not be clearly seen from the tour balcony. Poste 30C on the LAGARDERE FAL.
069 380-841 (presumably unmarked) Standard (green) primer with full Lufthansa tail colours. Complete (apart from some of belly fairing) – pylons attached but no engines. Poste 30A on the LAGARDERE FAL.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
070 380-841 (presumably still unmarked) Glimpsed on FAL (non-tour side, balcony end). Tail could not be seen.

Bits and pieces:
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A400M
0001 F-WWMT Airbus Military. Not seen.
0002 EC-402 Airbus Military. Not seen.
0003 (F-WWMS) Airbus Military. Presumably the aircraft parked on Airbus Development flight line, which could not be read due to haze.

ATR Plant
098 72-600 F-WWEY Full house scheme. Not seen.
811 42-600 F-WWLY Full house scheme. Parked at the ATR DC, terminal-side.
819 42-500 F-WWLA Precisionair Services, full colours. Parked at the ATR DC, terminal-side.
826 72-212A F-WWEU Fly540, full colours. Noted in BIKINI at 10:00, taxiied out at 10:25. Noted later at the ATR flight line.
916 72-212A F-WWEN Finncomm, full colours. Noted departing 14R at 10:05. Performed missed a approach at 11:02, landing back at 11:10 and parking out of sight. Presumably based at the ATR DC, plant-side.
918 72-212A F-WWEP Trip Linhas Aereas, full colours. Parked at the ATR DC, terminal-side.
922 72-212A F-WWEV Wings Abadi Air, full colours. Noted parked at the ZIEGLER DC wash station at 09:55. Noted again later 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:
72-212A Jet Airways, full colours. Believed to be either MSN 919 or 920.

Rear of St. Martin du Touch, close to hangars:
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ATR DC – plant-side:
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ATR hangar next to A320 FAL:
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Original A300 hall:
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an unknown -72 fuselage was noted parked mid-field (close to BIKINI) on trolley in blue sleeve. presumably just delivered by road from Italy.

Latecoere Aeroservices
519 72-202 F-WKVB All-white colours, with Vietnamese flag on tail. ‘B-248’ on nosewheel door. Parked on the rear storage ramp.

Additional frames which could not read-off/tied-up:
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Air France Industries
0235 320-212 F-GKXB All-white colours, parked outside main hangar.
+ an unknown A319 which was in the process of having its paint stripped, appeared next to MSN during the afternoon.

Paint Hangar:
Closed.

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

ATR bay
Closed.

Selected visitors
D-AOLG 100 OLT
D-AOLH 100 OLT
F-GLNK Be9 TJT
F-HBXD E70 RAE
F-HBXJ E70 RAE
F-ORUN 772 REU
G-CELS 733 EXS
G-EJJB 319 EZY
G-EZFF 319 EZY
G-EZSM 319 EZY
G-EZTH 320 EZY
G-EZTL 320 EZY
G-TOYK 733 BMI
G-TTOJ 320 EZY
HB-JQF E90 BBO

F-GGNX TB-20
P4-KAZ BBJ

R207 Transall French Air Force (Coded 64-GG)