Wednesday 22/06/2011 (09:00-23:10L)

Photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/a380spotter/sets/72157626905770497/

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 22/06/2011 (09:00-23:10L)

AIRBUS PLANT

A320 family
0001 320-200 F-WWBA Airbus. Not seen.

4596 320-214 F-WWIX Afriqiyah Airways, full colours. St. Martin du Touch, now in storage configuration, i.e. cockpit and engines taped-up, wheels bagged, etc.

4623 320-214 F-WWBY Nouvelair Tunisie, full – revised – colours now featuring ‘billboard’ titles. St. Martin du Touch, now in temporary storage configuration, i.e. wheels bagged.

4733 320-214 XA-ECO Interjet, full colours. DC, terminal-side. Departed at 21:37, on delivery, as 4O2201 TLS-KEF-BGR-TLC.

4741 320-232 XA-VOX All white colours, incl. engines. DC, plant-side.

4742 320-216 EC-LML Vueling Airlines, full colours – named ‘Vuelinizate’. DC, terminal-side. Departed at 17:49, on delivery, as VY0901D TLS-BCN.

4745 320-214 F-WWIS Frontier Airlines, full colours minus tail decal. Flight line, St. Martin du Touch, then to DC, plant-side, by 10:50.

4747 320-214 F-WWIT Air France, full colours. ‘NG’ on nosewheel door = F-HBNG. DC, plant-side, then to DC wash-station by 10:50. Back to original position on the DC after dark.

4750 320-214 F-WWIV Spring Airlines, full colours. Flight line, St. Martin du Touch.

4752 320-232 F-WWBG IndiGo Air, full colours. Flight line, St. Martin du Touch.

4757 320-232 F-WWBI IndiGo Air, full colours. Flight line, St. Martin du Touch.

4765 320-214 F-WWBV China Eastern, full colours. St. Martin apron, then to flight line by 14:55.

4767 320-214 F-WWBZ LAN Airlines, full colours. To BIKINI for engine first starts at 18:06 and 18:07 respectively. Performed engine runs, taxiing out of engine cell at 19:06 and to the compass bay. Finally back to flight line at 19:28.

4770 320-214 F-WWDC Uzbekistan Airways, full colours – with engines. Station Carburant.

4772 320-232 (F-WWDH) JetStar Asia, full colours. In open A320 General Finishing bay.

4775 320-214 F-WWDJ Air China, full colours. ‘773’ on nosewheel doors = B-6773. Engineless, Station Carburant.

Additional frames which could not be read off:

1. 320-200 with blue tail, glimpsed in large hangar shared with the ATRs. Possibly MSN 4782 for China Southern?

2. 320-200 scheme, if applied, could not be seen. Positioned behind the above frame.

Components:

4805 Un-mated front and rear sections on trolleys outside Beluga unpack area. Believed to be destined for Avianca as a series -214.

4807 Un-mated front and rear sections on trolleys outside Beluga unpack area. Believed to be destined for Thai AirAsia as a series -216.

4812 Un-mated rear section on trolley outside Beluga unpack area. Believed to be destined for Tiger Airways as a series -232.

Airbus Corporate Jet

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A330/340 family
0001 340-311 F-WWAI Airbus. In big re-work hangar (C63) at ADER.

0360 340-642 F-WWCA Airbus. Midfield ramp.

0886 340-542 F-WWTG Full Kingfisher Airlines colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.

0894 340-542 F-WWTH All white colours with red engines. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.

0925 330-200 F-WWKB Low visibility (grey) scheme. Glimpsed, still engineless inside big re-work hangar at ADER.

1092 330-243F TC-JDP Turkish Airlines Cargo, full colours, named ‘FIRAT’. ZIELGER DC, plant-side. Departed at 18:54, on delivery, as TK6901 TLS-SAW.

1115 330-243F F-WWKO Hong Kong Airlines Cargo, full colours. ‘LNX’ on nosewheel doors = B-LNX. l’Abreuvoir, plant-side.

1169 330-202 VH-EBO QANTAS Airways. Parked midfield. Had been moved/departed by late afternoon.

1226 330-343(X) F-WWKM Etihad Airways, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side. Towed to DC wash station after dark.

1230 330-343(X) F-WWYR EgyptAir, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, plant-side. Noted landing back after a test flight, as AIB04YR at 17:16 and back to original parking position. Towed to General Finishing area of ADER plant, and out of sight, at 18:50.

1231 330-343E F-WWYA All-white colours, including engines. ZIEGLER DC. Towed out to a, terminal-side, position on the DC at 16:55, and parked.

1232 330-343E VQ-BQX Aeroflot Russian Airlines, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, plant-side.

1233 330-223 B-6531 China Southern Airlines, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side. Departed at 19:12, on ‘delivery’, as CZ0531 TLS-LBG.

1234 330-323E F-WWYN Malaysia Airlines, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side. Pushed-back at 11:55 and taxied straight back to original position (??!) at 12:07 and parked. Noted late afternoon, on original stand, now as 9M-MTD.

1236 330-243 F-WWKA South African Airways, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.

1237 330-243 F-WWKG Air China, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, plant-side.

1241 330-243 F-WWYB Sichuan Airlines, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.

1248 330-243MRTT F-WWYE All yellow (storage) primer, including tail. Engineless, ‘Stations 18’.

1249 330-243 F-WWYH Standard (green) primer with full South African Airways tail and winglet colours. Engineless, ‘Stations 18’. Noted again late afternoon now midfield close to General Finishing hangars.

1250 330-243MRTT F-WWYD Standard (green) primer, including tail. Engineless, ‘Stations 18’.

1251 330-202 (no registration applied) Standard (green) primer with full JetStar Airways tail and winglet colours. Engineless, ‘Stations 18’.

1255 330-343E F-WWYM Standard (green) primer with full Hainan Group tail and winglet colours. Engineless, ‘Stations 18’.

Additional frames which could not be read off:

1252 330-202 Standard (green) primer with full Alitalia tail colours. ADER FAL, Poste 30A.

1254 330-302 Standard (green) primer with full EVA Air tail colours. ADER FAL, in body-join.

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Components:

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A380

0001 380-841 F-WWOW Airbus. Not seen.

0002 380-841 F-WXXL Airbus. Not seen, but believed to still be on LAGARDERE FAL, Poste 30C.

0004 380-861 F-WWDD Airbus. Not seen.

0076 380-841 F-WWSC Standard (green) primer with full Singapore Airlines tail and engine colours. Production flight line (flight test side) at Aeroconstellation, stand A12. Departed at 14:34, as AIB01SC, on first flight.

0082 380-841 F-WWSH Standard (green) primer with full Singapore Airlines tail and engine colours. Production flight line (‘general testing’ side) at Aeroconstellation, stand A17.

0086 380-861 F-WWSB Standard (green) primer with full Emirates Airline tail and engine colours. Production flight line (flight test side) at Aeroconstellation. Departed at 11:24, as AIB02SB on ferry flight to XFW.

0090 380-861 F-WWSE Standard (green) primer with full Emirates Airline tail and engine colours. Production flight line (‘general testing’ side) at Aeroconstellation, stand A19.

0098 380-861 (F-WW??) Standard (green) primer with full Emirates Airline tail and engine colours. At least one engine installed. LAGARDERE FAL, Poste 30B.

Additional frames which could not be read off:

380-861 (F-WW??) Primer with Air France tail, noted on LAGARDERE FAL, Poste 30 Either MSN 0067 or 0099 which are both currently on the FAL.

380-861 (F-WW??) Noted, tail-less, in open body-join Poste on LAGARDERE FAL. Believed to be MSN 0101 for Emirates Airline. An unattached Emirates tail was noted under tow ex-Beluga area to Aeroconstellation plant early evening, which I believe was destined for this airframe.

Components:

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A400M
[0001 F-WWMT Airbus Military. Not seen.]

[0002 EC-402 Airbus Military. Not seen.]

[0003 F-WWMS Airbus Military. Not seen.]

[0004 EC-404 Airbus Military. Not seen.]

ATR Plant

098 72-600 F-WWEY Full house scheme. La Raquette (ATR DC), terminal-side.

811 42-600 F-WWLY Full house scheme. La Raquette, terminal-side.

947 72-212A F-WWEX Firefly, full colours. ATR flight line.

949 72-212A F-WWEB Fly540, full colours. La Raquette, plant-side.

952 72-212A VQ-BLG UTAir Aviation, full colours. ATR flight line.

953 72-212A VQ-BLH UTAir Aviation, full colours. La Raquette, terminal-side.

954 72-212A F-WWEG Skywest Airlines in full (new) Virgin Australia colours. Noted in BIKINI engine test cell c. 14:45. Departed on test flight at 16:04. Landed back at 18:10.

957 72-212A PK-WFS Wings Abadi Air, full colours. ATR flight line.

965 72-212A F-WWER UTAir Aviation, full colours. Noted at 18:45 under tow from the paint shop (ATE or AFI?) back to St. Martin du Touch.

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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‘La Raquette’ (ATR DC) – plant-side:

72-212A (unmarked on right-hand side) Firefly, full colours. Assumed to be MSN 948.

ATR hangar (old A300 hall):

Left to right as seen from the terminal:

1. 72-xxx Green primer, all-white tail. Complete with props.

2. 72-xxx Green primer with all-white tail. Complete with props.

3. 72-xxx Green primer. Minus tail. No props.

Latecoere Aeroservices

365 72-202 F-WKVB AZUL, special colours. Noted departing at 09:06, landed back at 20:00. Presumably after taking part in the Paris Salon 2011 at LBG.

Additional frames which could not read-off/tied-up:

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Air France Industries

0115 320-211 F-GHQE Air France (old colours). Parked outside main hangar, minus right-hand engine (although nacelle still attached).

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

EC-JYA CR9 ANE

EC-JYV CR9 ANE

EC-JXJ 319 VLG

EC-JXZ CR9 ANE

EC-JZX CR9 ANE

EI-DVS CR9 CYL

F-GUME Be9 TJT

F-HAPE Be9 PEA

F-HBLJ E90 RAE

F-HBXG E70 RAE

F-HEPB 320 AFR

F-OMAY 772 REU

G-CELV 733 EXS

G-EZAL 319 EZY

G-EZET 319 EZY

G-EZTA 320 EZY

G-MAJW J41 EZE

G-TOYH 733 BMI

LZ-MDA 320 AEE

OO-TAS 146 TAY

PH-EZN E90 KLC

PH-EZS E90 KLC

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