Seen at TLS on a lovely late Summer visit were the following new frames (long term stored inactive and Airbus house aircraft not included).
Usual notes apply:
fcs full colour scheme
to tail only painted, fuselage in primer
prm primer only
aws all white scheme
dc delivery centre
afr Air France Industrie ramp
fl flightline
ftr fuel test ramp
ifh inside finishing hangar
ofh outside finishing hangar
38r 380 ramp
ne north east ramp
lat (ex) Latecoere ramp
F(*) flight (number)
std stored
nwd nose-wheel door number
tn tail number
( ) info contained in brackets not seen/read off but taken from other sources
320s [32]
6733 F-WHUU (VP-CGZ) Saudi Gulf fcs afr Fx 28th nwd ‘GZ’ note: carrying F-WHUU again
6876 PR-OBB Avianca Brasil fcs afr
6995 F-WHUE (B-8430) Qingdao aws with ‘Qingdao Airlines’ titles std afr
7011 F-WWBC (N903NK) Spirit fcs 38r (F1 on 27th)
7033 F-WWDE VT-ITL IndiGo fcs dc VT- reg. on 28th
7053 F-WWDN (VT-ITM) IndiGo fcs fl (F2 27th am)
7060 F-WWDY (XA-VIV) VivaAerobus fcs dc
7102 F-WWDX (N529VL) Volaris fcs std lat
7107 F-WWBS (XA-VIB) VivaAerobus fcs fl
7124 F-WWBM (P4-KBH) Air Astana fcs fl engine test bay 28th
7129 F-WWDP (B-8637) China Southern fcs ftr
7141 N301FR Frontier fcs dc
7150 9M-AGA AirAsia fcs dc
7175 F-WWDJ (PR-***) Avianca Brasil fcs fl (arr ex XFW 26/9 pm)
7181 F-WWBT (N302FR) Frontier fcs fl ‘flamingo style’ tail art
7205 (F-WW**) (VT-WGD) Go Air fcs std 38r nwd ‘GD’
(7209) (F-WWIJ) (B-LCL) Hong Kong Express fcs fl
7269 F-WWIB (B-****) China Southern fcs std 38r
7277 F-WWDH (LN-RGM) Scandinavian fcs std 38r
7283 (F-WWDI) (PR-YRB) Azul Linhas Areas fcs fl tn ‘RB’
7295 VP-BCE Aeroflot fcs dc del’d 27th evening
7319 PK-GQQ Citilink fcs dc
7325 B-8642 aws with ‘West Air’ titles and large stylised ‘W’ on tail dc hangar 27th/dc 28th
(7329) (F-WW**) (VT-ITO) IndiGo to fl
7337 F-WWBX (PK-LUJ) Batik Air fcs fl
7340 G-EZPP EasyJet fcs dc del’d on 28th
7343 F-WWBF (B-8671) China Southern fl to
7345 F-WWDC (XA-MBA) Interjet fcs fl 27th/dc 28th
7347 F-WWBH (VT-TTM) Vistara fcs fl (arr ex XFW 26/9 pm)
(7362) (F-WWDZ) (ZK-OXM) Air New Zealand fl fcs
(7365) (F-WW**) (PK-LUK) Batik Air to iph 27th/fl 28th
(7372) (F-WW**) (G-EZPR) EasyJet to fl
330s [17]
1731 HZ-AQ14 Saudi Arabian Airlines fcs dc
1734 F-WWYP (HZ-AQ15) Saudi Arabian Airlines fcs fl
1738 (F-WWCO) (HZ-AQ16) Saudi Arabian Airlines to (?) fl
1739 F-WWYI (HZ-AQ17) Saudi Arabian Airlines fl ifh
1741 9XR-WN Rwandair fcs dc
1743 (F-WWCS) (HZ-AQ18) Saudi Arabian Airlines fcs
1744 EI-FNH Aer Lingus fcs dc
1746 F-WWKV (B-8468) Sichuan Airlines fcs dc
1748 F-WWYF (LV-GIF) Aerolineas Argentinas to ofh
1751 (F-WWYU) (VP-BHD) Corporate prm (yellow) fl
1753 (F-WWCG) (B-****) Capital Airlines prm ofh 27th/fl 28th
1754 (F-WWCH) (ZS-SXJ) South African Airlways to fl
1755 (F-WWKF) (EC-***) Iberia to ifh
1756 F-WWKM (B-8776) Tianjin Airlines to fl
1757 (F-WWKP) (ZS-SXK) South African Airways to ofh
1758 F-WWYG (B-8659) Tianjin Airlines prm fl
1759 (F-WWCN) (9XR-WP) Rwandair to ifh
350s [20+]
036 F-WZGE (A7-ALL) Qatar Airways fcs F2 27th
046 B-LRF Cathay Pacific fcs dc 28th
048 F-WZGU (PR-XTE) LATAM Airlines fcs dc
049 F-WZGV B-18901 China Airlines fcs dc re-reg on 27th
050 F-WZGW (HS-THC) Thai Airways fcs fl
051 OH-LWG Finnair fcs dc
060 F-WZFK (4R-XWC?) Sri Lankan? aws ne order canx (?)
062 F-WZFM (9V-SMG) Singapore Airlines fcs fl
064 F-WZFN (PR-XTF) LATAM Airlines fcs fl 28th only
065 F-WLXV Airbus Industrie special ‘350-1000 colours 2nd prototype ofh [330s] note: ‘F-WLXV’ not ‘F-WXLV’
067 F-WZFS (VN-A891) Vietnam Airlines fcs ofh [380/350 rear halls]
069 (F-WZGZ) (A7-***) Qatar Airways to 38r tent
070 (F-WZN*) (B-LRK) Cathay Pacific to ofh [380/350 front halls]
072 (F-WZN*) (B-LRL) Cathay Pacific to ofh [380/359 rear halls]
076 (F-WZNE) (A7-***) Qatar Airways prm 38r tent
077 (F-WZNF) (9V-SMI) Singapore Airlines fcs 38r tent
078 (F-WZNG) (A7-***) Qatar Airways to ne
079 (F-WZNI) (PR-XTG) LATAM Airlines to 38r tent
082 (F-WZNL) (F-****) Air Caraibes to ofh [330s]
084 (F-WZNN) (9V-SMK) Singapore Airlines ofh [330s] 28th only
Plus several other 350s in the full colours of Singapore, Cathay, Qatar etc on the flightline but unidentified [and unrequired by me].
388s [3]
0162 F-WWSL ?????? Airbus Industrie prm/blue tail 38r work in progress (?)
0229 F-WWSF (A6-EUQ) Emirates to 38r (F1 and dep to XFW 29th)
0232 F-WWAE (A6-EUR) Emirates to 38r
ATRs [16]
1210 (F-WW**) (Azul) prm ofh
1211 (F-WW**) (Azul) prm std lat [rear ramp]
1212 (F-WW**) (Azul) prm std lat [rear ramp]
1213 (F-WW**) (Azul) prm std lat [rear ramp]
1342 F-WWEB (Wings) prm atr dc
1343 F-WWEC (G-FBXF) Flybe/SAS aws F*
1350 F-WWEJ (F-ORVU) Air Tahiti fcs ATR dc [rear] nwd ‘VU’
1354 F-WWEN (SE-MKF?) Braathens Regional fcs ifh
1357 F-WWER (SE-MKG?) Braathens Regional fcs ATR dc
1358 F-WWES (YJ-AV73?) Air Vanuatu fcs iph
1361 F-WWEV (EC-M**) Binter Canarias fcs ATR dc F* 27th
1362 F-WWEW (RP-C7***) Cebu Pacific fcs ATR dc
1365 F-WWEB? (******) unknown operator prm with white tail ATR dc [2nd concurrent use of reg?]
1374 (F-WW**) (******) (Azul) prm with white tail std lat rear 27th/ofh rear 28th
1378 (F-WW**) (******) (Myanmar National) oph prm with white tail
1390 (F-WW**) (******) unknown operator oph fuselage in cradle prm
Bon chance!
Bob Smith
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