Wednesday 23/05/2012 (08:55-17:30L)

Photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/a380spotter/sets/72157629013900187/

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 23/05/2012 (08:55-17:30L)

AIRBUS PLANT

A320 family
0001 320-211 F-WWBA Airbus S.A.S. Now minus ‘Sharklets’ with standard ‘CEO’ wing fences re-installed. St. Martin du Touch apron. Departed at 09:34 as ‘AIB32BA’ TLS-TLS, landing back at 14:20.
[0659 320-232 F-WWDB DLR – Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt. Not seen.]

5098 320-214/W F-WWIQ All-white colours. St. Martin du Touch apron. Towed to ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side, stand at 11:25. Noted back at St. Martin du Touch by 14:30.
5132 320-232 N614NK Spirit Airlines, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, rear.
5145 320-232 JA02JJ Jetstar Japan, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side.
5147 320-214 F-WWBR Air Hong Kong, full colours. Inside open hangar ‘M96’.
5149 320-216 9M-AQM AirAsia, full colours. 100th AirAsia A320. ZIEGLER DC, rear.
5163 320-214 F-WWDI Interjet, full colours. Flight line, St. Martin du Touch.
5166 320-214 F-WWDJ Peach Aviation, full colours. Apron, St. Martin du Touch. Towed into BIKINI engine test cell at 09:30 for first engine run ups. No. 2 engine started at 09:44, No. 1 at 09:46.
5167 320-214 F-WWBV S7 Airlines, full colours. Flight line, St. Martin du Touch.
5168 320-232 F-WWDM China Southern Airlines, full colours. Station Carburant, then to flight line St. Martin du Touch by 14:20.
5172 320-214 F-WWDP Lucky Air, full (new) colours. ‘6943’ on nosewheel doors = B-6943. ‘Complete, with engines installed. Station Carburant’.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
5182 320-232 [F-WWBG?] Glimpsed in part-open General Finishing hangar.
5184? 320-214 [F-WW??] Standard (green) primer with full TAM Airlines tail colours. Noted under tow at St. Martin du Touch c. 14:20 and out of sight.
5190 320-232 [F-WW??] Glimpsed in part-open General Finishing hangar.

3 airframes were seen on the open A320 FAL, one had a full colours Wizz Air tail [5196?] the others were tailless.

Components:
5215 320-216 Front and rear sections, on transportation jigs outside Beluga unpack area. Believed to be destined for Indonesia AirAsia.
..a further set (front and rear sections were also present, but could not be identified.

Airbus Corporate Jet Centre
4768 319-111 VP-CMJ All-white colours. Noted in open hangar.

A330/340 family
0001 340-311 F-WWAI Airbus S.A.S. C63 hangar.
0360 340-642 F-WWCA Airbus S.A.S. Vendee apron.

0886 340-542 F-WWTG Full Kingfisher Airlines colours. Towed ex-GF area at 09:50 to l’Abreuvoir and parked.
[0894 340-542 F-WWTH All white colours with red engines. Not seen.]
[0925 330-203 (MRTT) F-WWKB Low visibility (grey) scheme. Not seen.]
1175 330-243F F-WWKT Yangtze River Express, full colours. Engine covers on. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side. Temporary storage?
1313 330-202 F-WWYM Alitalia, full colours. Named ‘IL TINTORETTO’. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side. Left DC and taxiied to compass bay (near Airbus Development Flight Line), returning to original position at the DC at 11:35.
1314 330-343E F-WWKD Lufthansa, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side. Taxiied off the DC and entered BIKINI engine test cell at 09:35 for engine runs. Arrived back at original position at the DC at 10:50.
1316 330-243 F-WWKJ Hawaiian Airlines, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side. Noted in BIKINI performing engine run-ups at 14:45.
1317 330-342E F-WWKR Cathay Pacific, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side. Departed at 15:30 on test flight, landing back at 16:43.
1318 330-323E F-WWYI Full (old, ‘new’) Malaysia Airlines colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1319 330-243 F-WWTE Virgin Australia, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1320 330-243F F-WWTG Air Hong Kong full (revised) colours. ‘LNW’ on nosewheel doors = B-LNW. l’Abreuvoir, plant-side.
1325 330-343E F-WWTL Standard (green) primer with full Hainan Group tail and engine colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side. Believed to be destined for Hainan Airlines.
1329 330-343E F-WWTP Standard (green) primer with all-white tail colours. Engineless, ‘Stations 18’. Believed to be destined for Virgin Atlantic.
1331 330-243 [test reg. yet to be applied] Standard (green) primer with full China Eastern tail and winglet colours. Engineless, ‘Stations 18’.
1332 330-243F [test reg. yet to be applied] Standard (green) primer with full MNG Airlines tail colours. Engineless, ‘Stations 18’.
1333 330-243 [F-WW??] Standard (green) primer, tail could not be seen. ADER FAL, Poste 30D. Believed to be destined for Air China.
1337 330-323E F-WWTZ Primer with (old, ‘new’) Malaysia Airlines tail colours. Rolled-out of FAL (Poste 30A) during the morning, no winglets, radome or belly fairing. Engineless, ‘Stations 18’.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
1312 330-243 MRTT [F-WWYF] (Orange) storage primer. ZIEGLER DC, hangar.

1335 330-223 [F-WW??] Standard (green) primer with full China Southern tail colours. ADER FAL, Poste 30C?
13?? 330- [F-WW??] Standard (green) primer, tail could not be seen. ADER FAL, body-join, Poste 35A.

..plus an unknown all-white A330-200 was glimpsed in hangar ‘C63’.

Components:
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A380
0001 380-841 F-WWOW Airbus S.A.S. Production flight line (‘general testing’ side) at Aéroconstellation. Taxiied out at 10:35. Seen again departing at 15:25 as ‘AIB92OW’.
0002 380-841 F-WXXL Airbus S.A.S. Production flight line (‘flight testing’ side) at Aéroconstellation, stand A14.
0004 380-861 F-WWDD Airbus S.A.S. Vendee apron.

0093 380-841 F-WWAN Standard (green) primer with full Thai Airways International tail and engine colours. Production flight line (‘general testing’ side) at Aéroconstellation, stand A17.
0096 380-861 F-WWAP Standard (green) primer with full Korean Air tail and engine colours. Production flight line (‘flight testing’ side) at Aéroconstellation, stand A16.
0108 380-861 F-WWSI Standard (green) primer with full Emirates Airline tail and engine colours. Production flight line (‘flight testing’ side) at Aéroconstellation, stand A18.
0110 380-861 F-WWAE Standard (green) primer with full Emirates Airline tail and engine colours. Production flight line (‘general testing’ side) at Aéroconstellation, stand A19.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
0078 380-841 [F-WWSU/9M-MNA] Malaysia Airlines, basic ‘new’/A380 colours. ZIEGLER DC hangar.

Components:
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A400M
[01 F-WWMT Not seen.]
003 F-WWMS Airbus Development flight line. Departed at 09:54 as ‘AIB26MS’.
[004 EC-404 Not seen.]

ATR Plant

‘La Raquette’ (ATR DC), terminal-side:
811 42-600 F-WWLY Full house scheme.
997 72-600 F-WWLV Caribbean Airlines, full colours.
1022 72-600 PR-PDA Passaredo Linhas Aéreas, full colours.
1023 72-600 F-WWLQ Air Nostrum/IBERIAregional, full colours.

La Raquette’ (ATR DC), plant-side:
1021 72-600 F-WWLO Caribbean Airlines, full colours.
1029 72-212A F-WWEL Primer with all-white tail colours. Believed to be destined for UTair Aviation.

St. Martin du Touch, ATR flight line:
989 72-600 F-WWLP Caribbean Airlines, full colours.
993 72-600 F-WWLS Caribbean Airlines, full colours. Noted being towed to the flight line ex. Raquette area at 14:35.

Rear of St. Martin du Touch, close to hangars:
1032 72-600 F-WWEQ Air Nostrum/IBERIAregional, full colours.

ATR FAL:
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ATR hangar (old A300 hall):
102? 72-600 (F-WWL?) AZUL Linhas Aéreas, full colours.

[Blagnac] GA ramp:
1024 72-212A PK-WFW Wings Abadi Air, full colours. Departed on test flight at 11:25, landing back at 14:47 and back to GA ramp. Departed later that afternoon on the first-leg of its delivery flight, routing TLS-PFO.

Latecoere Aeroservices
025 ATR 42-312 5N-BCS Overland Airways, full colours. Outside Airformation hangar.
396 ATR 72-202 PR-AZV ‘La Ville Rose’ Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras, full ‘Femama’ (cancer awareness) colours. Intact, gate area.

1068 319-112 F-GYFM All-white, ex CCM Airlines. Front apron.
1145 319-112 F-GYJM All-white, ex CCM Airlines. Front apron.
30684/1689 737-8Q8 F-WTAD Malév Hungarian Airlines (member of oneworld) full colours. Partially inside main hangar.

Additional frames which could not read-off/tied-up:
2 additional ATRs were noted on the rear storage ramp: an all-white ATR 72 and a mostly-white ATR 42.

Air Formation
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Air France Industries
2213 319-115LR [F-GRXG] Air Côte d’Ivoire fcs (rear of AFI hangar).
3065 319-115LR F-GRXN Air France DEDICATE, full old colours, main apron.

Paint Hangar:
Closed.

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

ATR bay:
Closed.

Selected visitors
D-ASTY 319 GMI
EC-JYX 320 VLG
EC-LJR CRX ANE
EC-LJS CRX ANE
F-GZTB 733 FPO
F-HBNH 320 AFR
F-HBXC E70 RAE
F-HMLA CRX BZH
G-EZAX 319 EZY
G-EZBH 319 EZY
G-EZEV 319 EZY
G-EZIX 319 EZY
G-EZTG 320 EZY
G-EZTZ 320 EZY
OO-JBV 73H JAF
OO-TAS 146 TAY
OY-SRI 76F SRR
PH-EZR E90 KLC
S5-AAS 320 ADR
TC-JKO 73W THY