Hamburg and Airbus Factory Dave Rose 23/9/14 - 24/9/14
Before the weather turned nasty I thought I
would catch up on activities at the Airbus factory in Hamburg. I
fancied Toulouse but couldn’t get onto a factory tour so this
would be my third visit to Hamburg. I had been staying in London
for a few days so jumped onto a train at St Pancras and was at
Luton Airport in 45 mins. The sun was out and I had a few hours
before my flight so had a walk round the Biz aprons, highlights
were Nigerian Air Force G550
5N-FGW, Citation 560
UR-UQA and
Brasilian G500 PR-NOC. The 2nd Wizz Air explosion of
the day started at about 1pm, so managed to bag a few new ones
before checking in for my flight to Hamburg.
Luton 23/9/14
| 4K-MEK8 | Gulfstream G550 | 5204 | Silk Way Business Aviation |
| 5N-FGW | Gulfstream G550 | 5310 | Nigerian Air Force |
| 9H-ALF | Bombardier 605 | 5759 | Corporate |
| 9H-JPC | Embraer ERJ-135BJ | 14501010 | Air X Charter |
| A6-KBB | Bombardier 604 | 5418 | Corporate |
| A9C-BRN | Gulfstream G550 | 5242 | Bahrain Royal Flight |
| CS-DKF | Gulfstream G550 | 5099 | NetJets Europe |
| CS-DKI | Gulfstream G550 | 5166 | NetJets Europe |
| D-CJAF | Learjet 60 | 60-351 | Corporate |
| D-CJOS | Cessna 525B | 525B-0367 | Corporate |
| EC-HVQ | Cessna 525 | 525-0436 | Executive Airlines (EC) |
| EI-JSK | Gulfstream G650 | 6070 | Westair Aviation |
| G-EZUU | Airbus A320214 | 5150 | EasyJet |
| G-EZWM | Airbus A320214(SL) | 5739 | EasyJet |
| G-JAGA | Embraer EMB-505 | 50500134 | London Executive Aviation |
| G-LEAZ | Bombardier Challenger 300 | 20015 | London Executive Aviation |
| G-REFO | Gulfstream G650 | 6075 | TAG Aviation (UK) |
| G-TAWS | Boeing 7378K5 | 37241 | Thomson Airways |
| G-YEDC | Cessna 525B | 525B-0162 | Air Charter Scotland |
| G-ZBAR | Airbus A320214 | 2142 | Monarch Airlines |
| G-ZNSF | Gulfstream G550 | 5425 | TAG Aviation (UK) |
| HA-LPM | Airbus A320232 | 3177 | Wizz Air |
| HA-LWO | Airbus A320232 | 5123 | Wizz Air |
| HA-LWQ | Airbus A320232 | 5196 | Wizz Air |
| HA-LWV | Airbus A320232(SL) | 5660 | Wizz Air |
| HA-LWY | Airbus A320232(SL) | 6058 | Wizz Air |
| HA-LYA | Airbus A320232(SL) | 6077 | Wizz Air |
| HA-LYD | Airbus A320232(SL) | 6115 | Wizz Air |
| HB-JKI | Gulfstream G550 | 5355 | Execujet Europe |
| HZ-MEJ1 | Bombardier 604 | 5320 | Mid East Jet |
| I-FLYV | Dassault Falcon2000 | 108 | Eurofly Service |
| LX-MES | Dassault Falcon 7X | 97 | Global Jet Concept |
| M-AGIK | Dassault Falcon 900LX | 274 | Corporate |
| M-ATOS | Dassault Falcon900EX EASy | 244 | Corporate |
| M-BAEP | Bombardier 605 | 5929 | Corporate |
| M-CLAB | Bombardier Challenger 300 | 20271 | Corporate |
| M-FROG | Raytheon 390 | RB-165 | Corporate |
| M-GLOB | Bombardier Global ExpressBD-700-1A10 | 9413 | Corporate |
| M-YULI | Bombardier Global ExpressBD-700-1A10 | 9283 | Corporate |
| N132SD | Gulfstream G5 | 537 | Corporate |
| N15FX | Dassault Falcon 7X | 100 | Corporate |
| N185GA | Gulfstream G550 | 5185 | Corporate |
| N192NC | Gulfstream G450 | 4126 | Corporate |
| N343AR | Gulfstream G550 | 5343 | Corporate |
| N415P | Gulfstream G550 | 5312 | Corporate |
| N500VJ | Bombardier Global 5000BD-700-1A11 | 9552 | VistaJet |
| N512TF | Dassault Falcon900EX EASy | 184 | Corporate |
| N615MS | Dassault Falcon900LX | 160 | Corporate |
| N67WB | Gulfstream G650 | 6045 | Corporate |
| N808T | Gulfstream G4SP | 1342 | Corporate |
| N88AA | Bombardier Global ExpressBD-700-1A10 | 9438 | Corporate |
| N922LJ | Dassault Falcon 900 | 25 | Corporate |
| N980GG | Bombardier Global ExpressBD-700-1A10 | 9439 | Corporate |
| N993AM | Dassault Falcon900LX | 265 | Corporate |
| OE-GRA | Cessna 525B | 525B-0135 | Corporate |
| OE-IEN | Dassault Falcon2000EX EASy | 102 | Global Jet Concept |
| OE-LAI | Gulfstream G450 | 4237 | Corporate |
| OY-TSS | Dassault Falcon 7X | 98 | Air Alsie |
| P4-IKF | Dassault Falcon2000 | 227 | Corporate |
| PH-OYI | Boeing 767304ER | 29138 | ArkeFly |
| PR-NOC | Gulfstream G500 | 5144 | Corporate |
| SE-RDY | Gulfstream G550 | 5080 | European Flight Service |
| UR-UQA | Cessna 560 | 560-6140 | Corporate |
| VP-BNX | Bombardier Global ExpressBD-700-1A10 | 9246 | Corporate |
| VP-BTB | Gulfstream G450 | 4103 | Corporate |
| VP-BVM | Bombardier Global 6000BD-700-1A10 | 9512 | Corporate |
| VP-CJC | Bombardier Global 6000BD-700-1A10 | 9532 | TAG Aviation Asia |
| VT-RGX | Dassault Falcon 7X | 49 | Corporate |
| VT-VDM | Raytheon Hawker 4000 | RC-41 | Corporate |
| YR-BAQ | Boeing 7374D7 | 28702 | Blue Air |
Once airside the extended terminal gives good views once upstairs along the piers, nothing much can be missed from here. Easyjet A319 G-EZSM got me to Hamburg in just over an hour and once I picked up a car I headed to the Café at the General Aviation terminal. This has changed hands since my last visit and is now operated by Air Hamburg, they encourage the purchase of a drink or two and the views are very good across the airfield.Lufthansa Technik is situated here and they were working on A380 D-AIMC and installing the interior on Qatar Royal Flight Boeing 748 A7-HHE and they both had their tails outside the hangar, how civilised!!
Hamburg 23/9/14
| A7-HHE | Boeing 7478KB(BBJ) | 37544 | Qatar Airways Amiri Flight |
| D-ABFU | Airbus A320214 | 4743 | Air Berlin |
| D-ABGO | Airbus A319112 | 3689 | Air Berlin |
| D-ABGS | Airbus A319112 | 3865 | Air Berlin |
| D-ABQG | de Havilland Canada DHC-8Q-402 | 4250 | Air Berlin |
| D-ACNI | Canadair Regional-Jet900 | 15248 | Lufthansa Regional |
| D-ACNQ | Canadair Regional-Jet900 | 15260 | Lufthansa Regional |
| D-ACNU | Canadair Regional-Jet900 | 15267 | Lufthansa Regional |
| D-ACNW | Canadair Regional-Jet900 | 15269 | Lufthansa Regional |
| D-AGWH | Airbus A319132 | 3352 | Germanwings |
| D-AGWR | Airbus A319132 | 4285 | Germanwings |
| D-AGWS | Airbus A319132 | 4998 | Germanwings |
| D-AGWT | Airbus A319132 | 5043 | Germanwings |
| D-AGWU | Airbus A319132 | 5457 | Germanwings |
| D-AGWV | Airbus A319132 | 5467 | Germanwings |
| D-AHHD | Airbus A320214 | 716 | Hamburg Airways |
| D-AIBE | Airbus A319112 | 4511 | Lufthansa |
| D-AIDJ | Airbus A321231 | 4792 | Lufthansa |
| D-AIMC | Airbus A380841 | 44 | Lufthansa |
| D-AIRF | Airbus A321131 | 493 | Lufthansa |
| D-AISD | Airbus A321231 | 1188 | Lufthansa |
| D-AKNM | Airbus A319112 | 1089 | Germanwings |
| D-BADO | Bombardier Challenger 300 | 20116 | Corporate |
| D-CAPO | Learjet 35A | 35-159 | Jet Executive International |
| D-CCAA | Learjet 35A | 35-315 | Deutsche Rettungsflugwacht |
| D-CDDD | Cessna 560 | 560-6166 | DC Aviation |
| D-CLUZ | Learjet 60 | 60-386 | FAI-Rent-a-jet |
| D-IMIA | Piaggio P-180 | 1211 | Corporate |
| EC-JGM | Airbus A320214 | 2407 | Vueling Airlines |
| D-AGWX | Airbus A319132 | 5569 | Germanwings |
| HB-AEY | Dornier Do.328130 | 3100 | Skywork Airlines |
| LN-NGU | Boeing 7378JP | 39030 | Norwegian Air Shuttle |
| N188MP | Cessna 525A | 525A-0483 | Corporate |
| OH-BLO | Boeing 7172K9 | 55056 | Blue1 |
| OH-LVL | Airbus A319112 | 2266 | Finnair |
| OO-SSW | Airbus A319111 | 3255 | Brussels Airlines |
| OY-KFA | Canadair Regional-Jet900 | 15206 | SAS Scandinavian Airlines |
| SP-LDE | Embraer Emb-170100LR | 17000029 | LOT Polish Airlines |
| TC-AAS | Boeing 73782R | 40871 | Pegasus Airlines |
| TC-JSA | Airbus A321231 | 5154 | THY Turkish Airlines |
Once it got dark I headed for the hotel,
the Park Inn by Radisson which is a couple of miles away next to
the A7 Autobahn. Next morning it was an early start to check out
the night-stoppers before heading to the Airbus factory at
Finkenwerder, arriving there about 8am. I settled at the
spotting area next to the runway which is ideal as its next to
the delivery centre and you can see most movements between the
hangars at the factory. The first arrival at around 8.30am was
the employee shuttle from Toulouse, this is operated by Germania
with a 319
D-ASTY. I had a walk to the end of the delivery
centre to identify the 9 aircraft outside then a couple of
flight tests started, firstly D-AVZR for EVA Air, followed 30
minutes later by
D-AVZQ for Air China. They both returned while
I was on the tour along with a couple of Belugas.
My English speaking tour was booked for
12pm, so I drove to the Globetrotter tours office which is next
to the main Airbus security gate and managed to park on the main
road opposite. Tours are 14 Euro and there were 17 of us on this
one, the guide being an ex employee of Airbus for 40 years. We
caught the bus under the runway and started off with a video of
the history of Airbus etc before moving into the production
area. The first hangar contained the rear fuselage of 12
aircraft, and a detailed commentary was given through earpieces
on what was happening. I don’t bother with fuselages but it was
interesting anyway. The guide identified me as a spotter and
suggested I looked through the hangar windows as we moved round,
which all helped!! The “mating” process hangar is not now
visited as the noise of the pop-rivetor is now deemed too
dangerous!! Although it does mean more time in the hangars where
“real” aircraft are!! Here they attach the wings, rudder,
undercarriage and engines before painting and the hangar
contained 12 examples.
The tour lasts 2 hours and is worth it,
even though they do explain “nuts and bolts” in great depth!!
Here is the log for the day, it contains
only complete frames. Some could only be identified by
construction numbers due to the factory equipment but their new
operators will become clear very quickly, they deliver at least
1 aircraft a day from Hamburg on average.
| REG | C/N | TYPE | AIRLINE | TO BE | STATUS | |
| F-WWAJ | 143 | 380 | QATAR AIRWAYS | A7-APB | FULL COLOURS | |
| F-WWSM | 163 | 380 | BRITISH AIRWAYS | G-XLEH | FULL COLOURS | |
| F-WWSO | 164 | 380 | EMIRATES | A6-EOB | FULL COLOURS | |
| F-WWAB | 170 | 380 | ETIHAD | A6-APB | TAIL COLOURS | |
| F-WHUI | 6156 | 321 | UT AIR | VQ-BTU | FULL COLOURS | |
| F-WWBO | 6164 | 320 | BATIK AIR | PK-LAF | FULL COLOURS | |
| D-AZAR | 6210 | 321 | UT AIR | VQ-BTT | FULL COLOURS | |
| D-AZAQ | 6232 | 321 | UT AIR | VQ-BMI | FULL COLOURS | |
| D-AVZN | 6268 | 321 | UT AIR | VQ-BMH | FULL COLOURS | |
| N124AA | 6271 | 321 | AMERICAN AIRLINES | FULL COLOURS | ||
| D-AVZQ | 6273 | 321 | AIR CHINA | B-1877 | FULL COLOURS | |
| G-AVZR | 6276 | 321 | EVA AIRLINES | B-16212 | FULL COLOURS | |
| D-AVWR | 6277 | 319 | AMERICAN AIRLINES | N9021H | FULL COLOURS | |
| D-AVZS | 6279 | 321 | JET BLUE | N942JB | FULL COLOURS | |
| F-WWIQ | 6285 | 320 | AZERBAIJAN AIRLINES | 4K-AI07 | FULL COLOURS | |
| F-WWIU | 6287 | 320 | INDIGO | VT-IAX | FULL COLOURS | |
| D-AVVW | 6289 | 320 | INDIGO | VT-IAS | FULL COLOURS | |
| F-WWBB | 6290 | 320 | BRITISH AIRWAYS | G-EUYY | FULL COLOURS | |
| D-AVZT | 6291 | 321 | PHILLIPINES | RP-C9912 | FULL COLOURS | |
| F-WWBE | 6293 | 320 | AIR ARABIA | A6-AOC | FULL COLOURS | |
| D-AVZV | 6294 | 321 | TRANSASIA | B-22610 | ALL WHITE | |
| D-AVZX | 6295 | 321 | PHILLIPINES | RP-C9914 | FULL COLOURS | |
| D-AVZU | 6299 | 321 | ASIANA | HL8004 | FULL COLOURS | |
| 6303 | 321 | SICHUAN AIRLINES | B-1890 | TAIL COLOURS | ||
| D-AVZZ | 6308 | 321 | AIR CHINA | B-1878 | FULL COLOURS | |
| 6314 | 321 | THOMAS COOK | OY-TCD | TAIL COLOURS | ||
| 6321 | 320 | VOLARIS | XA-VLF | TAIL COLOURS | ||
| D-AVVY | 6323 | 320 | QINGDAO AIRLINES | B-1612 | TAIL COLOURS | |
| D-AZAI | 6324 | 321 | B-MBM | PRIMER | ||
| D-AVXD | 6326 | 321 | JET BLUE | N943JT | TAIL COLOURS | |
| D-AVVZ | 6328 | 321 | PRIMER | |||
| 6334 | 321 | AMERICAN AIRLINES | N127AA | TAIL COLOURS | ||
| 6339 | 321 | CHINA SOUTHERN | B-1881 | TAIL COLOURS | ||
| 6344 | 320 | PRIMER | ||||
| 6346 | 321 | PRIMER | ||||
| 6351 | 321 | PRIMER |
After the tour I headed back to Hamburg and
had a few hours on the excellent Terminal roof viewing
galleries. They are glazed but had gaps where shots can be
obtained.
| A6-EBJ | Boeing 77736NER | 32787 | Emirates Airlines |
| D-ABGJ | Airbus A319112 | 3415 | Air Berlin |
| D-ABKM | Boeing 73786J | 37755 | Air Berlin |
| D-ABNB | Airbus A320214 | 5246 | Air Berlin |
| D-ABQA | de Havilland Canada DHC-8Q-402 | 4223 | Air Berlin |
| D-ABQE | de Havilland Canada DHC-8Q-402 | 4239 | Air Berlin |
| D-ABQL | de Havilland Canada DHC-8Q-402 | 4184 | Air Berlin |
| D-ACNR | Canadair Regional-Jet900 | 15263 | Lufthansa Regional |
| D-AGWQ | Airbus A319132 | 4256 | Germanwings |
| D-AGWW | Airbus A319132 | 5535 | Germanwings |
| D-AGWY | Airbus A319132 | 5941 | Germanwings |
| D-AIDQ | Airbus A321231 | 5028 | Lufthansa |
| D-AIKB | Airbus A330343X | 576 | Lufthansa |
| D-AILN | Airbus A319114 | 700 | Lufthansa |
| D-AILP | Airbus A319114 | 717 | Lufthansa |
| D-AIUA | Airbus A320214(SL) | 5935 | Lufthansa |
| D-AIUC | Airbus A320214(SL) | 6006 | Lufthansa |
| D-AIUD | Airbus A320214(SL) | 6033 | Lufthansa |
| D-AIZE | Airbus A320214 | 4261 | Lufthansa |
| D-AIZL | Airbus A320214 | 5181 | Lufthansa |
| D-AKNL | Airbus A319112 | 1084 | Germanwings |
| D-ASTX | Airbus A319112 | 3202 | Germania |
| D-IAKN | Cessna 525A | 525A-0367 | Star Wings |
| D-ICEY | Cessna 525 | 525-0611 | Corporate |
| EI-FXA | Aerospatiale ATR 42320 | 282 | Air Contractors |
| LN-DYQ | Boeing 7378JP | 40869 | Norwegian Air Shuttle |
| LN-NGC | Boeing 7378JP | 39016 | Norwegian Air Shuttle |
| LN-NOG | Boeing 73786N | 35647 | Norwegian Air Shuttle |
| LX-LGG | de Havilland Canada DHC-8Q-402NG | 4418 | Luxair |
| M-BIGG | Bombardier 605 | 5722 | Corporate |
| N26123 | Boeing 757224ET | 28966 | United Airlines |
| OE-IHA | Embraer Emb-190100LR | 19000285 | flyniki |
| OE-LBX | Airbus A320214 | 1735 | Austrian Airlines |
| OE-LIB | Aerospatiale ATR 72600 | 1038 | Jettime |
| OY-KFL | Canadair Regional-Jet900 | 15246 | SAS Scandinavian Airlines |
| SP-LIA | Embraer Emb-175200LR | 17000125 | LOT Polish Airlines |
| TC-SNH | Boeing 7378FH | 30826 | SunExpress |
| VP-BWN | Airbus A321211 | 2330 | Aeroflot Russian Airlines |
| VP-CDG | Dassault Falcon50 | 184 | Corporate |
Easyjet A319 G-EZFJ flew me to Manchester
in 1 hour 20 minutes and here are the visitors on arrival
Manchester 24/9/14
| A6-ETK | Boeing 7773FXER | 39686 | Etihad Airways |
| CS-DXX | Cessna 560 | 560-5789 | NetJets Europe |
| G-TAWD | Boeing 7378K5 | 37265 | Thomson Airways |
| N922FD | Boeing 75723AF | 24293 | Federal Express |
| N94924 | Gulfstream G550 | 5255 | Executive Jet Management |
| OH-BLP | Boeing 71723S | 55064 | Blue1 |
| OY-NCP | Dornier Do.328300 | 3132 | Sun-Air |
| PH-LND | Fokker F-100 | 11320 | Denim Air |
The factory tour is ideal as you don’t see
many of the 320 family built here ever again, as the main
customers are in the far east and America and combined with a
few interesting visitors to Hamburg its well worth the effort.
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