Wednesday 27/07/2011 (08:55-21:00L)

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 27 /07/2011 (08:55-21:00L)

AIRBUS PLANT

A320 family
0001 320-200 F-WWBA Airbus. Noted in open shared ATR/320 hall.
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.
4780 320-214 A9C-AL Gulf Air, full colours. DC, plant-side.
4782 320-232 B-6786 China Southern Airlines, full colours. DC, plant-side.
4784 320-232 F-WWDT Qatar Airways, full colours. Ferried back from XFW as ‘AIB02DT’ and noted on the flight line, St. Martin du Touch by dusk.
4786 320-232 F-WWDU Jetstar Asia Airways, full colours. Flight line, St. Martin du Touch. Towed to terminal-side stand at the ZIEGLER DC at 11:00 then into DC hangar by 17:50.
4789 320-214 (F-WWDV) Avianca, full colours. Inside A320 General Finishing. (Identified by MSN sticker).
4793 320-216 F-WWID AirAsia, full colours. Flight line, St. Martin du Touch.
4795 ACJ320-214(X) ‘Prestige’ F-WWIE Royal Air Force of Oman, full colours. Flight line, St. Martin du Touch. Departed, on first flight, to XFW as ‘AIB01IE’.
4800 320-214 F-WWIK Air France, full colours. Flight line, St. Martin du Touch. Departed, on first flight, to XFW as ‘AIB01IK’, performing the standard missed approach at 17:46.
4802 320-232 F-WWBC Qatar Airways, full colours. Flight line, St. Martin du Touch.
4805 320-214 F-WWBK Virgin America, full colours. Apron, St. Martin du Touch.
4812 320-232 F-WWDL Tiger Airways, full colours – with engines. Station Carburant.
4814 320-214 ‘F-WW’ (last 2 not yet applied). To become F-WWDR. Standard (green) primer with Virgin America tail colours, engineless. Apron, St. Martin du Touch.
4817 320-232 F-WWIA Standard (green) primer with basic (i.e. minus tail decal) Royal Jordanian tail colours. Note: standard colours were applied to the left hand-side, but non-standard or incomplete? colours on right hand-side. Station Carburant.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
4816 320-214 (F-WWDX) Spring Airlines, full colours. Noted in ‘shared’ hangar with ATRs.
4820 320-214 (F-WWIC) Standard (green) primer with Air France tail. Inside A320 General Finishing.
4821 320-214 (F-WWIF) Standard (green) primer with Avianca tail. Inside A320 General Finishing.
4823 320-214 (F-WWII) Standard (green) primer with basic Saudi Arabian Airlines tail colours. A320 FAL.
4828 320-233 (F-WWIJ) Standard (green) primer without tail. Believed to be destined for Volaris as a series -233. Behind MSN 4823 on the A320 FAL.

Components:
4851 Un-mated front and rear sections on trolleys outside Beluga unpack area. Believed to be destined for Virgin America as a series -214.

Airbus Corporate Jet
4319 ACJ319-132(X) (F-WHUE) Systems Capital Noted in open Airbus Corporate Jet hangar.

A330/340 family
[0001 340-311 F-WWAI Airbus. Not seen.]
0360 340-642 F-WWCA Airbus. Midfield ramp.

[0886 340-542 F-WWTG Full Kingfisher Airlines colours. Not seen.]
[0894 340-542 F-WWTH All white colours with red engines. Not seen.]
[0925 330-200 F-WWKB Low visibility (grey) scheme. Not seen.]
0980 330-203MRTT ‘MRTT 010’ Royal Saudi Arabia Air Force, full ‘low vis’ colours. Parked at Aeroconstellation on stand outside STTS Paint Hall. Departed, for Getafe, at 13:28 as ‘CASA338’.
1230 330-343(X) F-WWYR EgyptAir, full colours. Engine covers and markings on tyres which indicate short-term? storage. DC, plant-side.
1239 330-342E (F-WWKL) Cathay Pacific, full colours. ZIEGLER DC hangar.
1240 330-243 ‘Prestige’ F-WWKQ All white colours, incl. engines. For the Government of Turkey. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1241 330-243 F-WWYB Sichuan Airlines, full colours. DC, terminal-side. Taxiied out at 17:40, to BIKINI for engine run-ups. Returned to original stand on DC at 19:30.
1243 330-323E F-WWYP Malaysia Airlines, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side. Departed at 11:35 as ‘AIB02YP’. Noted back on the trough by early afternoon.
1244 330-223 F-WWYU China Southern Airlines, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, plant-side.
1245 330-343E F-WWKU Etihad Airways, full colours but minus tail decal. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1246 330-343E F-WWKY EgyptAir, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1247 330-343E F-WWYQ Aeroflot Russian Airlines, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, plant-side.
1248 330-243MRTT F-WWYE All yellow (storage) primer, including tail. l’Abreuvoir, plant-side.
1258 330-202 F-WWYS Standard (green) primer with full Jetstar Airways tail and winglet colours. Engineless, ‘Stations 18’.
1260 330-243 F-WWYY Standard (green) primer with full Air China tail colours Engineless, ‘Stations 18’.
1261 330-243 F-WWKF Standard (green) primer with full Garuda tail colours Engineless, ‘Stations 18’.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
Unknown aircraft in body-join (Poste 35A) of the C. ADER FAL. Standard (green) primer tail.

Components:
340-642 Fuselage barrel (on trolley) fully painted-up in South African Airways colours, titles and tail logo. Also has ‘Airbus A340-600’ legend and even has cargo door warning/instruction decals applied! Destined for South Africa as a cabin trainer? Dents and creases still present on section would indicate that this is the long-term resident section of the written-off Etihad -600(HGW) frame MSN 0856.

A380
0001 380-841 F-WWOW Airbus. Glimpsed in re-work hangar at LAGARDERE.
[0002 380-841 F-WXXL Airbus. Not seen.]
0004 380-861 F-WWDD Airbus. Airbus Development flight line.

0054 380-841 F-WWAX Standard (green) primer with China Southern tail and engine colours. Rolled out of re-work hangar (alongside MSN 0001) at 17:00 and parked on stand A14 (flight test side) at Aeroconstellation.
0078 380-841 (unmarked) Standard (green) primer with full Malaysia Airlines tail. Engineless. LAGARDERE FAL, Poste 30A.
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.
0098 380-861 F-WWAB Standard (green) primer with full Emirates Airline tail and engine colours. Production flight line (‘general testing’ side) at Aeroconstellation, stand A19.
0099 380-861 F-WWAF Standard (green) primer with full Air France tail colours. Engineless. LAGARDERE FAL, Poste 30B.

Note: LAGARDERE FAL, Poste 30C was empty.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
–

Components:
–

A400M
0001 F-WWMT Airbus Military. Airbus Development flight line.
[0002 EC-402 Airbus Military. Not seen.]
0003 F-WWMS Airbus Military. Airbus Development flight line. Seen flying during the morning as ‘AIB31MS’.
[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. Open ATR hangar, visible from the road.

844 42-600? (MSN on sheet of paper taped below cockpit). Registration, if applied, could not be seen. Structurally complete, white-tail, plus props. Open ATR hall.
947 72-212A F-WWEX Firefly, full colours. La Raquette, terminal-side.
948 72-212A F-WWEZ Firefly, full colours. ATR flight line.
954 72-212A F-WWEG Skywest Airlines in full (new) Virgin Australia colours. ATR flight line.
957 72-212A PK-WFS Wings Abadi Air, full colours. ATR flight line. Taxiied out at 20:05.
961 72-212A F-WWEN Wings Abadi Air, full colours. La Raquette, plant-side.
963 72-212A F-WWEP UTAir Aviation, full colours. La Raquette, plant-side. Noted performing taxi trials/engine runs (not in BIKINI) circa. 09:20.
965 72-212A F-WWER UTAir Aviation, full colours. La Raquette, terminal-side.
966 72-600 Registration, if applied, could not be seen. Structurally complete (minus radome), full AZUL colours, with props. Named ‘Azul Tango Romeo’. Open ATR hall. Noted outside the same hall circa. 17:00.
967 72-600 (MSN on sheet of paper taped below cockpit). Registration, if applied, could not be seen. Structurally complete, green primer with white-tail, plus props. Open ATR hall.
968 72-600 (MSN on sheet of paper taped below cockpit). Registration, if applied, could not be seen. Structurally complete, green primer with white-tail, plus props. Open ATR hall.
969 72-600 (MSN on sheet of paper taped below cockpit). Registration, if applied, could not be seen. Structurally complete, green primer with white-tail, plus props. Open ATR hall.
971 72-212A (MSN on sheet of paper taped below cockpit). Registration, if applied, could not be seen. Structurally complete, green primer with white-tail, plus props. Open ATR hall.
974 72-212A (MSN on sheet of paper taped below cockpit). Registration, if applied, could not be seen. Structurally complete (minus tail cone), green primer with white-tail, plus props. Open ATR hall.

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 :
–

‘La Raquette’ (ATR DC) – plant-side :
–

ATR hangar (old A300 hall):
Left to right as seen from the terminal:
1. 72-600 Royal Air Maroc Express, full colours. Assumed to be either MSN 958 or 960.

Latecoere Aeroservices
112 42-300 OY-CIU Danish Air Transport, full colours. Rear ramp, engines receiving attention. Noted, at 17:00, performing engine run-ups.
192 72-202 F-WKVC AZUL, full colours. Noted departing (on delivery) circa 09:15.
29333/3084 737-33V F-GZTA Europe Air Post, full colours. In main hangar. Noted circa 17:00 performing engine run-ups on rear ramp. Seen again at dusk under tow to the cargo ramp.

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

Air France Industries
0115 320-211 F-GHQE Air France (old colours). Parked outside main hangar, minus right-hand engine (although nacelle still attached).
2456 319-115LR F-GRXJ Air France (new colours). Parked outside main hangar, complete.
??? 319-100 Stripped (bare metal) fuselage with white nacelles. Presumably Air France?
??? 320 Stripped (bare metal) fuselage with dark (blue/black?) nacelles.

Paint Hangar :
Closed.

Aero Technique Espace (ATE) paint shop
320 bay
4807 320-216 ‘F-WWMB’ (typo for F-WWBM) Thai AirAsia, full colours. ‘ABU’ on nose wheel doors = HS-ABU. Rolled-out by 18:20 and towed to St. Martin du Touch.

ATR bay
940 72-600 F-WWLN Structurally complete, green primer with white-tail, and props. Rolled out of ATE Paint Hall at 11:30, arriving back at St. Martin at 11:45.
967 72-600 (Unmarked) (MSN from small stencil on rear fuselage). No registration applied. Structurally complete, green primer with white-tail, plus props. Noted at rear of St. Martin by ATR hall am, then swapped with MSN 940 in the paint hall circa 11:45.

Selected visitors
CN-ROZ 73H RAM
EC-HTS EM2 SWT
EC-JXJ 319 VLG
EC-KVD 733 SWT
F-GIXB 733 FPO
F-GRPI AT7 CCM
F-GZTB 733 FPO
F-HBNB 320 AFR
F-ORUN 772 REU
G-CELA 733 EXS
G-EZAK 319 EZY
G-EZAM 319 EZY
G-EZDF 319 EZY
G-EZGN 319 EZY
G-MAJU J41 EZE
LZ-MDA 320 AEE
OO-TAS 146 TAY
OY-SRF 762 SRR
TC-JLU 319 THY