Wannabe pilot, I think you are correct! Its probably a S340, the nose is not long enough. Maybe Aurigny??? Its definately not a Dash 8, as it has a low wing, the 3rd line from below should eb the wing.

THIS WILL BE LONG!

My CDG log for yesterday the 4th of October. I shall leave out all B737s and A319/320/321s of Air France. Suffice to say I have seen dozens of them. Unfortunately I did not see the A318, I thought AF had already received one or two of them? Can anyone clarify?

Normally I’d put everything that’s odd to me in bold. Since that would include pretty much every plane that is based at this airport (all AF widebodies and Fokkers, Star Airlines, Aigle Azur, Euralair, Air Post, Blue Line, Axis Airways) I will only put the planes not based at CDG in bold.

I still have not got all pics on my computer. Some have to be done by the photo-shop due to some problems with my reader. I WILL add Air Tahiti Nui, Flash Airlines, Air India and some others later!

Note that some registrations are underlined. These are links to the pic!

A quick stop en-route at Lille Airport.

F-GLIX – Air Littoral – F70
F-GOHA – Air France Regional – E135
F-GRSH – Star Airlines – A320
F-GRGJ – Air France Regional – E145

Paris Charles de Gaulle

F-GLXK – Aigle Azur – B733
F-GIXL – Air Post Europe – B733
EC-HGP – Europa Airlines – B738
F-GNLI – Air France Regional – F100
C-GHLM – Air Canada – A332
I-BIXL – Alitalia – A321
C-GHKW – Air Canada – A332
F-GCBH – Air France Cargo – B742F
N866DA – Delta Airlines – B772 – interim livery
F-ODJG – Air Gabon – B742
N190DN – Delta Airlines – B763
F-GFKB – Air France – A320’100
F-GLZB – Air France – A340
F-GRJK – Air France / Brit Air – CRJ
SU-MWA – Midwest – A310 I did not even realise they where still around!
HB-IOJ – Swiss – A321 – new livery
F-GUJA – Air France Regional – E145
D-AVRL – Lufthansa – BAe146
CN-RMF – Royal Air Maroc – B738
HS-TGO – Thai Airways – B744 – Royal Barge livery
TC-ONL – Onur Air – A300
D-ACRH – Eurowings – CRJ
D-ACLS – Lufthansa – CRJ
OY-APN – Maersk Air – B735
VT-EVA – Air India – B744
OK-YGU – CSA – B734
F-GIUA – Air France Cargo – B744ERF
F-GFKG – Air France – A320’100
F-GSPR – Air France – B772
S5-AAB – Adria Slovenia – A320
F-OGYU – Aeroflot – A310
F-GVGS – Air France Regional – E145
9A-CTL – Croatia – A319
I-ADJB – Air Dolomiti – CRJ
OE-LBC – Austrian – A321
D-ABJA – Lufthansa – B735
OK-LZE – Finnair – A321
I-DATH – Alitalia – M82
G-JEBB – Air France / FlyBE – BAe146
I-DAWL – Alitalia – MD80
D-ACLZ – Lufthansa – CRJ
F-GCBD – Air France Cargo – B742F
I-ADJB – Air Dolomiti – CRJ
I-SMED – Meridiana – MD87
EI-CNK – Azzura Air – BAe146
F-GLZN – Air France – A340
F-RADB – Armee de l’Aire – A310
F-OGYP – Aeroflot – A310 – completely white but with titles
YU-ANF – JAT – B733
F-GNIG – Air France – A340
B-2174 – China Eastern Cargo – MD11F
F-GYYY – Eagle aviation – A300 – completely white + small “operated by Eagle Aviation”
F-GLZU – Air France – A340
TS-INH – Afriqiah – A320 – Apparently last wednesday this plane was still white! Now in full colours, must be a first! I did not even know they had Airbussess!
F-GIUC – Air France Cargo – B744F
I-BIXT – Alitalia – A320
OH-LVF – Finnair – A320
C-FTSW – Air Transat – 1011
SP-LKB – LOT – B735
7T-VJI – Air Algerie – B763
EC-IMV – ??? – A300 – small FC Barcelona logo
SU-BME – Luxor Air – MD80
YR-BGG – TAROM – B736
F-GSPG – Air France – B772
N648US – US Airways – B762
A40-KF – Gulf Air – A332 – Special livery!
HB-IPX – Swiss – A320
F-GNLI – Air France Regional – F100
F-GTCJ – Air France – A332
F-OJTN – Air Tahiti Nui – A340
SE-RDF – Viking – MD80
F-GUBA – Air France Regional – E145
EC-HQI – Iberai – A320
F-GNLH – Blue Line – F100
F-GPNL – Air Regional – F100
C-GHKW – Air Canada – A332
F-GUBC – Air France Regional – E145
F-GRNB – Euralair – B734
F-GRNA – Euralair – B734 – special livery
VP-BBS – Azerbaijan Airlines – B752
SU-LBF – Lotus Air – A320
SU-BOW – AMC Aviation – A310 – when did they get an A310?
F-GLNI – Axis Airways – BAe146
LX-LGJ – Luxair – E145
F-GUBA – Air France regional – E145
F-GUEA – Air France regional – E145
F-GIXI – Aeropost Europe – B733
D-ABII – Lufthansa – B733
SE-DTH – SAS – B736
LN-RMO – SAS – MD80
N794UA – United Airlines – B772
I-BIXD – Alitalia – A321
D-ABEF – Lufthansa – B733
G-EZJI – Easyjet – B733
D-AIPC – Germanwings – A320
F-GIXH – Aigle Azur – B733
F-GLBM – Air France Cargo – B742F
F-GRNB – Euralair – B734
SX-BEK – Olympic Airlines – A300
F-GEXA – Air France – B744
F-GZCL – Air France – A332
F-GLXI – Aigle Azur – B733
SU-LBC – Lotus Air – A320
N673UW – US Airways – A333
SX-BVC – Hellas Jet – A320
F-GLZG – Air France – A340
F-GLZC – Air France – A340
F-GRSD – Star Airlines – A320
B-HUI – Cathay Pacific – B744
??? ??? – Vietnam Airlines – B772
9V-SPE – Singapore Airlines – B744
SU-ZCF – Flash Airlines – B733 – Who are they? Never heard of them!
B2380 – China Eastern – A340
HZ-ANB – Saudi Arabian Cargo – MD11F
F-GVGS – Air France regional – E145
N240NW – Northwest Airlines – DC10
F-GFVI – Axis Airways – B734
F-GRSQ – Star Airlines – A332
PT-MVF – TAM brazil – A332
F-GRSE – Star Airlines – A320
OK-EGP – CSA – B734
F-GRND – Euralair – B734
I-DAWL – Alitalia – MD80
PT-MVC – TAM brazil – A332
F-GRSG – Star Airlines – A320
CN-RDB – Mondair – B734
F-GCBM – Air France Cargo – B742F
YR-BGA – TAROM – B735
5B-DAU – Cyprus Airways – A320
F-GLXI – Aigle Azur – B734
A6-EAD – Emirates – A332
F-GIXH – Aigle Azur – B734
F-GLBF – Air France Cargo – B742F

Also seen from CDG flying overhead (in approach to LBG)

PP-XJA – Embraer Industries – E170

Shall we open a pool?

He who comes closest to guessing when KLM will fly A320s will win something?

My guess is for Oktober 2005.

steve rowell
it’s costing six hundred thousand dollars

DAMN, just for a holiday to a sheep shack (shag?)! That’s just mad. What did they do with the sheep? Give them all a make-over with added sillicones, hair implants and lipposuction? 😀

Yes there are anti-competitive laws. There are also a lot of airlines here. Even with the huge AF/KL/AZ combination there are enough competitors. BA + friends, LH + friends etc.

That’s the main problem in Europe, too many airlines. Its about time some cooperation started here, even though I am not really happy with the deal. I would have prefered a close cooperation (KL/NW style) instead of a full-fletched take over.

I thought you would, it gets even better though!

I heard/read somewhere that KLM will not loose its “royalty-status” by default. It is all up to the Queen to decide if KLM is to remain royal or not.

In the past a few noteworhtly exceptions have been made. I can remember 2 aviation related:

1] During the time that the Fokker was being sucked dry(-er) by our good friends at DASA, it still had the crown in the logo. The official name was still “Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigen Fabriek Fokker” (now there’s a mouth full)

2] During the cold war the USAF had a fighter wing stationed at Soesterberg AB. They where there to “protect the queen”. As a token of respect the Queen granted the wing the priviledge of adding Royal to their squadron name and flying a crown.
The squadron has now returned to the USAF. Therefore I am not sure if the squadron is still royal. The Queen can take the priviledge away if she sees fit.
Regrettably I do not know which squadron it is. All I know is that they where based at Soesterberg and flew F15A/Bs. One of their F15s was left here for the RNlAF Museum.

I don’t know how to get the fast way (right mouse click on a pic and select for background) back, but I can explain the slow way.

First you save the photo you want to use on your computer. Just use the right mouseclick as usual.

Then go to “my computer” and open the folder “configuration”. You will get several icons with which you can change the computers configuration.
Double click on “desktop/monitor” (I am translating from my Dutch system so the name may be slightly different!). A new screen will come up with tabs on the top.
Choose for the tab “background”. Here you can select the picture you just saved!

But on the + side, one of the Dutch tv stations (either NOS or RTL) reported that the KLM could continue using the K. This dispite them loosing the “royal” by default. Since the KLM is no longer Dutch, they may no longer use the “royal” in their name.

Another idea I just had:

the Netherlands has some very favourable tax laws and quite a few companies are OFFICIALLY Dutch, even though they hardly do anything in the Netherlands. Airbus Industrie for instance is a Dutch NV!

Now what if the new holding company where registered as a Dutch NV. This has 2 advantages. KLM would remain Dutch so they are allowed to use their trade mark. Add to that the tax breaks and… voila… as the Frenchs would say!