Log & Info Chennai 10/06/12

[burnsy133]

Morning all,

A business trip to India resulted in the following log, the log was
taken between 12 noon and 2200 hrs on the 10/06/12, I was staying at
the Raddison Blu hotel which is situated right on the end of Runway 25
and luck would have it they were landing this way, the next day they
were using 07 as i checked in for my next flight and i noted that all
departures could be seen from the hotel.

I booked a room with an airport view which is actually a choice you
can select on the booking web site, this cost £175 per night but i
suspect that this was down to the fact that I had only booked on the
Thursday before travel. On arrival I was given room 213 which had a
fantastic view of the pool but no aircraft, mindful of the fact i did
not want to draw attention to myself I asked why i had not been given
the room i had booked and they explained that this was the newest room
in the hotel, recently refurbished and that as I was a VIP they had
upgraded me free of charge, I explained that i work in the industry
and like to see the aviation scene in the country I am working in and
that an airport view room was better for me and my work and they
happily moved me.

The suite was fantastic, massage chair and great big bay windows, the
chair was situated at the window so you could spot whilst getting a
state of the art massage, at all times during servicing of the room or
visits by room service everything was kept out of sight, no chances
were taken and i was careful not to stand at the window with telescope
etc etc, i had made the decision before travel that if i couldnt get
it with my compact 10x40's then it would unfortunatley have to go
begging, it seems that bins are accepted but i suspect that standing
at the window with a Optylyth 40 x 80 big green telesope might get the
locals asking questions. The staff were wonderful and very chatty,
food in the hotel was superb with a english breakfast available,
afternoon buffet from 12-1500 hrs and evening buffet from 1900 hrs
with western food available if thats your thing, the television had
loads of English speaking channels etc etc.

Most landing aircraft could be read off with MK1 eyeball but you only
get a 5 second view of the aircraft, departing aircraft mainly used
the early line up point which could not be seen for trees, only the
heavy stuff (some 73's and Airbus included) came to the end of the
runway and could be seen....on with the Log.

Log courtesy of Aerodata.

Air India.

VT-EPB  Airbus A320231
VT-EPC  Airbus A320231
VT-EPI  Airbus A320231
VT-ESB  Airbus A320231
VT-ESD  Airbus A320231
VT-ESI  Airbus A320231
VT-PPD  Airbus A321211
VT-PPG  Airbus A321211
VT-PPH  Airbus A321211
VT-PPQ  Airbus A321211
VT-SCX  Airbus A319112

Air Inida Express.

VT-AXD  Boeing  7378Q8

Go Airlines.

VT-WAG  Airbus A320214
VT-WAH  Airbus A320214
Indigo.

VT-IEQ  Airbus A320232
VT-IER  Airbus A320232
VT-IGH  Airbus A320232
VT-IGJ  Airbus A320232
VT-IGS  Airbus A320232
VT-IGT  Airbus A320232
VT-IGZ  Airbus A320232
VT-INI  Airbus A320232
VT-INP  Airbus A320232
VT-INV  Airbus A320232

Jet Airways.

VT-JBC  Boeing  7378HX
VT-JBF  Boeing  73785R
VT-JBG  Boeing  73785R
VT-JBL  Boeing  73785R
VT-JBN  Boeing  73786N
VT-JBP  Boeing  73786N
VT-JBQ  Boeing  73785R
VT-JBT  Boeing  7378BK
VT-JCB  Aerospatiale ATR 72212A
VT-JCL  Aerospatiale ATR 72212A
VT-JCN  Aerospatiale ATR 72212A
VT-JCN  Aerospatiale ATR 72212A
VT-JCP  Aerospatiale ATR 72212A
VT-JCQ  Aerospatiale ATR 72212A
VT-JCR  Aerospatiale ATR 72212A
VT-JCT  Aerospatiale ATR 72212A
VT-JCT  Aerospatiale ATR 72212A
VT-JGF  Boeing  7378FH
VT-JGG  Boeing  7378FH
VT-JNR  Boeing  73785R
VT-JNR  Boeing  73785R
VT-JNV  Boeing  73775R
VT-JNZ  Boeing  73785R
VT-JNZ  Boeing  73785R
VT-JWP  Airbus A330202

JetLite.

VT-JLJ  Boeing  73796NER
VT-SIZ  Boeing  7377BK

Kingfisher.

VT-KAG  Aerospatiale ATR 72212A
VT-ADV  Airbus A320232
VT-DKJ  Aerospatiale ATR 72212A
VT-DNZ  Airbus A320232

SpiceJet.

VT-SGB  Boeing  7379GJER
VT-SGD  Boeing  7379GJER
VT-SGG  Boeing  7378GJ
VT-SGJ  Boeing  73786J
VT-SGO  Boeing  7378AS
VT-SGU  Boeing  7378GJ
VT-SGZ  Boeing  737 8GJ
VT-SPE  Boeing  73786N
VT-SPJ  Boeing  7378GJ
VT-SPM  Boeing  7378GJ
VT-SUB  de Havilland Canada DHC-8Q-402NG
VT-SUE  de Havilland Canada DHC-8Q-402NG
VT-SUG  de Havilland Canada DHC-8Q-402NG

NEPC Airlines

VT-NEC  Fokker F-27500 (Stored)
VT-NEE  Fokker F-27500 (Stored)
VT-NEK  Fokker F-27500 (Stored)

Non Indian.

9M-AHY  Airbus A320216  Air Asia
B-HUL   Boeing  747467F Cathay Pacific Airways
B-18723 Boeing  747409F China Airlines
A6-EAJ  Airbus A330243  Emirates Airlines
VT-WAG  Airbus A320214  Go Airlines
A9C-AC  Airbus A320214  Gulf Air
D-AIGB  Airbus A340311  Lufthansa
9M-MKA  Airbus A330322  Malaysia Airlines
9V-SBE  Airbus A319132  Silkair
9V-STB  Airbus A330343X Singapore Airlines
9V-SFL  Boeing  747412F Singapore Airlines Cargo
9V-SFM  Boeing  747412F Singapore Airlines Cargo
4R-ABL  Airbus A320232  Srilankan
4R-ALB  Airbus A330243  Srilankan
HS-ABW  Airbus A320216  Thai AirAsia
9V-TAR  Airbus A320232  Tiger Airways Singapore

Biz...

VT-TEL     Beech 400

Required.

I know this is a long shot but if anyone could help with the
following..

7 Kingfisher ATRs stored in line at the side of Runway 30
1 Kingfisher A320 stored in line at the side of Runway 30.
1 Fokker F-27 stored with the other three.

Approx 15 biz went un-identified as did 1 x Indian Coast Guard Do228

71 into the book, rest of Indian trip to follow..

[Mike]

Great stuff Burnsy, a very interesting read - thanks very much.