Far East - Beijing Capital, CN

[graham]

Our next airport was Beijing Capital, were we used the 72 hour transit scheme, which meant we didn't have to apply for a VISA prior to departure.

Once through Immigration, which took a while as they needed to record which hotel we were staying at, it was over to the Langham Palace to check in and then move over to the mound for an afternoon's logging and photography.

As with last years trip, we were blessed with clear blue skies which made for some good photograph's but did mean that any shots taken towards the threshold of 01 suffered from a lot of heat haze, not something you expect in March!

The non Chinese logged during the afternoon were

VQ-BQX Airbus A330 343E Aeroflot Russian Airlines
7T-VJZ Airbus A330 202 Air Algerie
B-MBM Airbus A321 231SL Air Macau
JA621A Boeing 767 381ER/W All Nippon Airways
OE-LAY Boeing 767 3Z9ER/W Austrian
B-KPH Boeing 777 367ER Cathay Pacific Airways
B-18208 Boeing 747 409 China Airlines
B-HYI Airbus A330 343X Dragonair
B-HYQ Airbus A330 343X Dragonair
SU-GCI Airbus A330 243 Egypt Air
ET-ANN Boeing 777 260LR Ethiopian Airlines
B-LNI Airbus A330 223 Hong Kong Airlines
B-LNP Airbus A330 343X Hong Kong Airlines
JA315J Boeing 737 NG 846/W Japan Airlines
HL8225 Boeing 737 NG 8Q8/W Korean Air
HL7573 Boeing 777 3B5 Korean Air
D-ABYD Boeing 747 830 Lufthansa
AP-BEQ Airbus A310 308 Pakistan International Airlines
OY-KBI Airbus A340 313X Scandinavian Airlines System
9V-SKK Airbus A380 841 Singapore Airlines
HS-TKQ Boeing 777 3ALER Thai Airways International
N119UA Boeing 747 422 United Airlines

Chinese Airliners wise the following were logged

Air China
A319s B-6048 B-6033
A320s B-6607 B-6847
A321s B-1816 B-1855 B-1878 B-6365 B-6382 B-6597 B-6792 B-6885
B737s B-1760 B-1946 B-1947 B-2511 B-2672 B-5045 B-5175 B-5214 B-5327 B-5329 B-5392 B-5398 B-5426 B-5477 B-5500
B747s B-2485 B-2487
B777s B-2061 B-2068 B-2006 B-2031 B-2032 B-2046

Capital
A319 B-6210

China Eastern
A319s B-2217
A320s B-1610 B-6371 B-6875 B-9900 B-9921 B-9973
A321s B-1858
A330s B-5969 B-6083 B-6506 B-6126

China Southern
A320s B-9929 B-6583
A321s B-1843 B-1845 B-1847 B-2288 B-6267 B-6343 B-6355 B-6552 B-6579 B-6581 B-6628 B-6659
A330s B-5965 B-6077 B-6086
B737s B-5761
B777s B-2051 B-2052

Dallian Airlines
B737s B-5553

Grand China Air
B737s B-5089

Hainan Airlines
A330s B-5905 B-6089 B-6527
B737s B-1735 B-1783 B-5372 B-5638
B767s B-2490 B-2491
B787s B-2728 B-2729 B-2730 B-2731 B-2738

Shandong Airlines
B737s B-5347 B-1987 B-5332


Shanghai Airlines
B767s B-2563

Shenzhen Airlines
B737s B-1712 B-5102 B-5360 B-5607 B-5617 B-5860

Sichuan Airlines
A321s B-9967
A330s B-6517

Tianjin Airlines
A320s B-1618

Tibet Airlines
A319s B-6425

Xiamen Airlines
B737s B-5533 B-5601 B-5632
B757s B-2866 B-2868
B787s B-2768 B-2769

Compared with our last vist, the number of biz around the airfield was far higher with the following being logged
BD.300s B-8115 B-8190 B-8193
BD.700s B-LIM
CRJ850s B-7697 M-LILY
CL604s VP-CCE
CL605s B-3561 N605PS
Da 7Xs B-8202 B-8206 B-8218 N988NW
Da 900s B-8030 B-8212
Gs 200s B-8121 B-8139
Gs 450s B-8093 B-8166 B-8271 B-8295 B-KHK
Gs 5s N673P
Gs 550s B-8095 B-8108 B-8126 B-8259 B-KCK B-LSM VP-CKC
Gs 650s N650GA

As usual photographs are on my piwigo site in the March 2015 - Far East album

[graham]

All of Tuesday 10th March was spent at Beijing Capital, with spotting in the morning being done from the hotel room and the afternoon on the mound until they switch runways after which it was back to the hotel.

Non Chinese airliners logged were

F-GSQF Boeing 777 328ER Air France
B-LDF Airbus A300 F4-605R Air Hong Kong
B-MAL Airbus A319 132 Air Macau
B-MBA Airbus A321 231 Air Macau
JA05AN Boeing 737 NG 781/W All Nippon Airways
JA627A Boeing 767 381ER/W All Nippon Airways
HL7795 Airbus A330 323E Asiana Airlines
HL8267 Airbus A321 231 Asiana Airlines
B-KQM Boeing 777 367ER Cathay Pacific Airways
B-HYJ Airbus A330 343X Dragonair
B-HYG Airbus A330 343X Dragonair
4X-EAK Boeing 767 3Q8ER EL AL
ET-ANO Boeing 777 260LR Ethiopian Airlines
A6-EYR Airbus A330 243 Etihad Airways
B-16719 Boeing 777 36NER EVA Air
N620FE McDonnell Douglas MD-11 F FedEx Express
B-LND Airbus A330 223 Hong Kong Airlines
JA310J Boeing 737 NG 846/W Japan Airlines
JA606J Boeing 767 346ER/W Japan Airlines
PH-BFI Boeing 747 406 SCD KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
HL7728 Boeing 737 NG 9B5 Korean Air
HL7734 Boeing 777 2B5ER Korean Air
D-ABYN Boeing 747 830 Lufthansa
RP-C8618 Airbus A320 214 Philippine Airlines
A7-BEB Boeing 777 3DZER Qatar Airways
UK67005 Boeing 767 33PER Uzbekistan Airways
VN-A604 Airbus A321 231 Vietnam Airlines

Chinese Airliners wise the following made it into the book

Air China
A320s B-1873 B-6610 B-6676 B-6828 B-6915 B-9918
A321s B-1816 B-1855 B-1876 B-6327 B-6382 B-6593 B-6605 B-6712 B-6823 B-6883 B-6942 B-6973 B-9919
A330s B-5913 B-5946 B-5956 B-5957 B-5958 B-6076 B-6079 B-6080 B-6091 B-6117
B737s B-1738 B-1761 B-1947 B-1956 B-1958 B-1959 B-2642 B-2650 B-2657 B-5043 B-5167 B-5173 B-5178 B-5179 B-5214 B-5226 B-5228
      B-5326 B-5392 B-5422 B-5423 B-5438 B-5477 B-5497 B-5585 B-5621 B-5679
B747s B-2486
B777s B-2035 B-2037 B-2040 B-2046 B-2059 B-2063 B-2064 B-2067 B-2068 B-2087

Capital Airlines
A319s B-6177 B-6178

Chengdu Airlines
A320s B1856

China Eastern Airlines
A319s B-6231 B-6470
A320s B-1612 B-1836 B-1859 B-1865 B-2220 B-2411 B-6261 B-6639
A321s B-6332 B-6345 B-6369 B-6886
A330s B-5953 B-5969 B-6083 B-6085 B-6100 B-6506
B737s B-1965 B-5096 B-5242 B-5516

China Southern Airlines
A319s B6407
A320s B-2391 B-6276 B-9929 B-9951
A321s B-1806 B-6625 B-6628 B-6658 B-9933 B-9960
A330s B-5959 B-6057 B-6059 B-6087
B737s B-2652 B-5291 B-5642 B-5697 B-5729 B-5743 B-5761

Grandstar Cargo
B747s B-2427

Hainan Airlines
A330s B-5935 B-5955 B-5963 B-5979 B-6116 B-6539
B737s B-1726 B-1786 B-5136 B-5428 B-5465 B-5479 B-5581 B-5710 B-5835 B-5853 B-5855
B767s B-2491
B787s B-2722 B-2739

Shandong Airlines
B737s B-1988 B-5111 B-5117 B-5207 B-5332 B-5333 B-5758

Shanghai Airlines
B737s B-5576
B767s B-2563

Shenzgen Airlines
B737s B-1937 B-5078 B-5109 B-5363 B-5613

Sichuan Airlines
A320s B-6621 B-6732 B-6843
A330s B-6517

Tianjin Airlines
A320s B-1618

Xiamen Airlines
B737s B-1915 B-5552 B-5657 B-5788
B757s B-2866 B-2868
B787s B-2768 B-2769

Graham

[graham]

Wednesday 11th saw us departing Beijing on a direct flight to Narita onboard a JAL 737, though as we walked on both Bob and I kicked outselves for not checking the All Nippon schedule, as sitting on the terminal was a All Nippon 787 going to Narita!

The airliners logged as we made our way to the gate were

EP-MNV Airbus A310 304 Mahan Air
B-6381 Airbus A320 214 Juneyao Airlines
VP-BOJ Airbus A320 214 S7 Airlines
B-6779 Airbus A320 232 Sichuan Airlines
B-MAF Airbus A321 131 Air Macau
B-6080 Airbus A330 243 Air China
B-6090 Airbus A330 243 Air China
B-6115 Airbus A330 243 Air China
B-6117 Airbus A330 243 Air China
B-6549 Airbus A330 243 Air China
B-HYB Airbus A330 342 Dragonair
B-HYJ Airbus A330 343X Dragonair
B-5096 Boeing 737 NG 79P/W China Eastern Airlines
B-5117 Boeing 737 NG 85N/W Shandong Airlines
B-5431 Boeing 737 NG 86N Air China
B-1940 Boeing 737 NG 87L/W Shenzhen Airlines
B-1760 Boeing 737 NG 89L/W Air China
B-1957 Boeing 737 NG 89L/W Air China
B-5497 Boeing 737 NG 89L/W Air China
B-5585 Boeing 737 NG 89L/W Air China
B-1987 Boeing 737 NG 89L/W Shandong Airlines
B-2471 Boeing 747 4J6 SCD Air China
B-2487 Boeing 747 89L Air China
9V-SQJ Boeing 777 212ER Singapore Airlines
N787AL Boeing 777 223ER American Airlines
B-2067 Boeing 777 2J6 Air China
B-2033 Boeing 777 39LER Air China
B-2098 Boeing 777 FFT Air China Cargo Airlines
JA808A Boeing 787 8 All Nippon Airways
SP-LRF Boeing 787 8 LOT Polish Airlines


We also managed to get an angle on the last two biz that had eluded us from the end of the terminal. These were

B-8196 Bombardier Global Express XRS
B-8157 Gulfstream G550

Unfortunately though both were dropped so weren't really worth the effort.

Overall a productive 48 hours in Beijing with 188 being made out of the 356 aircraft logged, with my highlight being one of the China Southern 777s I've been chasing since it was delivered in 1997!

Graham