Wednesday 29/02/2012 (11:00-21:55L)

Photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/a380spotter/sets/72157629487252385/

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 29/02/2012 (11:00-21:55L)

AIRBUS PLANT

A320 family
0001 320-211/W F-WWBA Airbus S.A.S. St. Martin du Touch apron. Departed at 15:28 as ‘AIB81BA’ TLS-TLS performing a missed approach at 16:38 before landing back at 17:31.
0659 320-232 F-WWDB DLR – Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt. St. Martin du Touch apron. Departed at 14:57 as ‘AIB48DB’.

3865 319-112 D-ABGS Air Berlin, full colours. Apron, St. Martin du Touch.

5006 320-214 B-6865 Tianjin Airlines, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side.
5031 320-214 VQ-BRD S7 Airlines, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, rear.
5034 320-214 F-WWIP Virgin America, full colours. Arrived at 11:38 as ‘AIB03IP’ TLS-TLS and to ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side. Noted during the afternoon now with delivery registration: N853VA.
5037 320-214 HB-JLR Swiss International Air Lines, full colours but minus (new style) titles. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side. Departed 15:50 as ‘LX5201’ TLS-ZRH on delivery.
5039 320-232 F-WWDG Jetstar Pacific, full colours. Flight line, St. Martin du Touch. Re-positioned to ZIEGLER DC, plant-side, before 16:40.
5042 320-232 F-WWDO Spirit Airlines, full colours. Flight line, St. Martin du Touch.
5047 320-214 F-WWDQ Primer with China Eastern tail and radome colours. Flight line, St. Martin du Touch. Departed at 15:39 as ‘AIB03DQ’ TLS-TLS, landing back at 17:09.
5050 320-233 F-WWDY Silk Air, full colours. Arrived at 21:55 as ‘AIB02DY’ XFW-TLS on ferry flight.
5058 320-214 F-WWBG Virgin America, full colours. Flight line, St. Martin du Touch.
5060 320-232 F-WWBQ JetBlue. full colours. Flight line, St. Martin du Touch. Departed at 15:10 as ‘AIB01BQ’ on first flight and ferry TLS-XFW. Performed a missed approach at 16:08.
5063 320-214 F-WWBT Standard (green) primer with full China Eastern Airlines tail colours. Complete, with engines installed. ‘Station Carburant’.
5067 320-214 F-WWBX Cebu Pacific Air, full colours. Complete, with engines installed. ‘Station Carburant’.
5069 320-214 F-WWDC Swiss International Air Lines, full colours but minus new-style titles. Complete, with engines installed. ‘Station Carburant’.
5076 320-232 F-WWBY IndiGo Air, full colours. Inside A320 General Finishing.
5080 320-232 F-WWIF Standard (green) primer with full IndiGo Air tail colours. Engineless. St. Martin du Touch apron
5084 320-214 F-WWII Air France, full colours. Inside A320 General Finishing.
5086 320-214 F-WWIJ SriLankan Airlines, full colours. Inside A320 General Finishing.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
5072 320-214 (F-WWDK) Beijing Capital Airlines, full colours. Noted about to roll out of open paint shop near Airbus Corporate Jet Centre.

Components:
5108 320-214 Rear section (only), plus wing set, on transportation jigs outside Beluga unpack area. Believed to be destined for Spring Airlines.
5112 320-214 Front section (only), on transportation jig outside Beluga unpack area. Believed to be destined for Go Air.

Airbus Corporate Jet Centre
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A330/340 family
0001 340-311 F-WWAI Airbus S.A.S. Vendee ramp.
0360 340-642 F-WWCA Airbus S.A.S. Noted under tow from Development flight line and out of sight c. 11:00.

[0886 340-542 F-WWTG Full Kingfisher Airlines colours. Not seen.]
0894 340-542 F-WWTH All white colours with red engines. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.
0925 330-203 (MRTT) F-WWKB Low visibility (grey) scheme. Engineless, l’Abreuvoir, plant-side.
1175 330-243F F-WWKT Yangtze River Express, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, plant-side.
1287 330-302E PH-AKA ‘Times Square – New York’ KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, plant-side. Departed at 17:54 as ‘KL7472’ TLS-AMS on delivery. Performed a wheels-down missed approach, and ‘wing-wave’ at 18:11.
1293 330-243 F-WWYU Virgin Australia, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, plant-side. Departed at 15:05 as ‘AIB02YU’ TLS-TLS, performing a missed approach at 17:17 and landing back at 17:35.
1294 330-303E F-WWKK KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1298 330-343E F-WWKG Turkish Airlines, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1299 330-343E F-WWKQ Aeroflot Russian Airlines, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1302 330-243 F-WWYO Hawaiian Airlines, full colours. ‘Stations 18’.
1305 330-343E F-WWYV Standard (green) primer with full Lufthansa tail colours. ‘KQ’ fin i.d. = D-AIKQ. Engineless, ‘Stations 18’.
1308 330-202 F-WWKH Standard (green) primer with full Alitalia tail colours. Engineless, ‘Stations 18’.
1309 330-223 F-WWKI Standard (green) primer with unpainted tail and China Southern Airlines winglet colours. Engineless, ‘Stations 18’.
1310 330-243 (F-WW??) Standard (green) primer) with full Hawaiian Airlines tail colours. Inside big re-work hangar (C63) on ADER site.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
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Components:
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A380
0001 380-841 F-WWOW Airbus S.A.S. Airbus Development flight line, St. Martin du Touch. Departed at 11:53 as ‘AIB80OW’ TLS-TLS, landing back at 17:11.
0002 380-841 F-WXXL Airbus S.A.S. Production flight line (‘flight testing’ side) at Aéroconstellation, stand A18.
[0004 380-861 F-WWDD Airbus S.A.S. Not seen.]

0054 380-841 B-6138 China Southern Airlines, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side. Departed at 17:44 as ‘CZ0138’ TLS-PEK on delivery.
0084 380-841 F-WWAD Standard (green) primer with full Malaysia Airlines tail and engine colours. Production flight line (‘flight testing’ side) at Aéroconstellation, stand A14.
0087 380-841 F-WWAO Standard (green) primer with full Thai Airways International tail and engine colours. Production flight line (‘flight testing’ side) at Aéroconstellation, stand A12. Pushed-back at 16:45, and taxiied out to enter BIKINI engine test cell at 17:10 for engine run ups. Taxiied out of BIKINI at 17:53 and back to LAGARDERE arriving back on stand A12 at 18:04.
0088 380-841 F-WWAR Standard (green) primer with full China Southern Airlines tail and engine colours. Production flight line (‘general testing’ side) at Aéroconstellation, stand A19.
0093 380-841 (unmarked) Standard (green) primer with full Thai Airways International tail colours. LAGARDERE FAL body-join, Poste 32A.
0106 380-861 F-WWAS Standard (green) primer with full Emirates Airline tail and engine colours. Production flight line (‘general testing’ side) at Aéroconstellation, stand A17.
0108 380-861 (unmarked) Standard (green) primer with full Emirates Airline tail colours. LAGARDERE FAL, Poste 30A.
0109 380-861 (unmarked) Standard (green) primer with full Emirates Airline tail colours. LAGARDERE FAL, Poste 30B. 2 engines on trolleys beside starboard wing. Noted performing rudder deflection tests at 14:40.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
0107 380-861 (unmarked?) Standard (green) primer with full Emirates Airline tail colours. LAGARDERE FAL.

Components:
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A400M
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ATR Plant

‘La Raquette’ (ATR DC), terminal-side:
098 72-600 F-WWEY Full house scheme.
811 42-600 F-WWLY Full house scheme.

970 72-600 F-WWLU Primer with all-white tail.
989 72-600 F-WWLP Caribbean Airlines, full colours. Noted having test registration sticker removed c. 11:20. Seen later with delivery registration 9Y-TTC.

La Raquette’ (ATR DC), plant-side:
992 72-600 PR-TKL TRIP Linhas Aéreas, full colours.
993 72-600 F-WWLS Caribbean Airlines, full colours. Noted in BIKINI engine test cell at 11:00 performing engine run-ups. Departed at 16:23.
994 72-212A F-WWEI UTair Aviation, full colours.

St. Martin du Touch, ATR flight line:
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Rear of St. Martin du Touch, close to hangars:
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ATR FAL:
1022 (unmarked) 72-600 Primer with all-white tail.

ATR hangar (old A300 hall):
996 72-600 (F-WWLU) Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras, full colours.

Latecoere Aeroservices
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Additional frames which could not read-off/tied-up:
A further two – tailess – ATR 72s were noted in the open production hall.

Air Formation
025 ATR 42-312 5N-BCS Overland Airways, full colours. Inside open hangar.
369 ATR 72-212A N369AT American Eagle (tail logo partially painted out). Inside open hangar.
797 ATR 72-212A EI-REP Aer Arran: Aer Lingus Regional, full colours. Inside open hangar.

Air France Industries
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Paint Hangar:
Closed.

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

ATR bay
Closed.

Selected visitors
D-AEBB E95 CLH
D-ASTZ 319 GMI
EC-JXJ 319 VLG
F-GRPI AT7 CCM
F-GTAX 321 AFR
F-GUME Be9 TJT
F-HBLG E90 RAE
F-HBNA 320 AFR
F-HBNB 320 AFR
G-EZAT 319 EZY
G-EZAV 319 EZY
G-EZBK 319 EZY
G-EZBW 319 EZY
G-EZDE 319 EZY
G-EZGI 319 EZY
G-EZIO 319 EZY
G-EZTA 320 EZY
G-EZTR 320 EZY
G-EZTV 320 EZY
G-EZTY 320 EZY
OO-JAH 73H JAF opf JFU
SU-BPU 320 MSC
TC-JPT 320 THY