Hi all,
last day of our fantastic trip to China and another few bites at Shanghai/Hongqiao & Beijing/Capital. By now it was the rule of diminishing returns but even so, a few more were made.
Seen during a few early morning hours here at Shanghai/Hongqiao were;
B-1647 Airbus A321-211 Juneyao Airlines
B-1656 ** Airbus A320-214 Spring Airlines
B-1680 Airbus A321-231 China Eastern Airlines
B-1949 Boeing 737-86P Shanghai Airlines
B-2046 Boeing 777-39LER Air China
B-2047 Boeing 777-39LER Air China
B-2563 Boeing 767-36D Shanghai Airlines
B-2567 Boeing 767-36D Shanghai Airlines
B-2570 Boeing 767-36D Shanghai Airlines
B-3910 ** Hawker 4000 Horizon
B-5085 ** Boeing 737-89P China Eastern Airlines
B-5086 ** Boeing 737-89P China Eastern Airlines
B-5100 Boeing 737-89P China Eastern Airlines
B-5153 Boeing 737-84P Hainan Airlines
B-5199 ** Boeing 737-89P China Eastern Airlines
B-5219 Boeing 737-75C Xiamen Airlines
B-5241 Boeing 737-71B China Southern Airlines
B-5271 ** Boeing 737-79P China Eastern Airlines
B-5295 ** Boeing 737-79P China Eastern Airlines
B-5298 Boeing 737-79P Shanghai Airlines
B-5369 Boeing 737-8Q8 Shanghai Airlines
B-5393 Boeing 737-86D Shanghai Airlines
B-5416 Boeing 737-84P Hainan Airlines
B-5472 Boeing 737-86P China Eastern Airlines
B-5523 Boeing 737-86D Shanghai Airlines
B-5546 Boeing 737-86N Shanghai Airlines
B-5548 Boeing 737-86N Shanghai Airlines
B-5549 Boeing 737-86N Shanghai Airlines
B-5619 Boeing 737-87L Shenzhen Airlines
B-5808 Boeing 737-79P Shanghai Airlines
B-5827 Boeing 737-76D Shanghai Airlines
B-5838 Boeing 737-89P China Eastern Airlines
B-5953 Airbus A330-343X China Eastern Airlines
B-6085 Airbus A330-343X China Eastern Airlines
B-6096 Airbus A330-343X Shanghai Airlines
B-6097 Airbus A330-343X Shanghai Airlines
B-6126 Airbus A330-343X China Eastern Airlines
B-6127 Airbus A330-343X Shanghai Airlines
B-6310 Airbus A320-214 Spring Airlines
B-6341 Airbus A320-214 Juneyao Airlines
B-6353 Airbus A321-231 China Southern Airlines
B-6561 Airbus A320-214 Spring Airlines
B-6562 ** Airbus A320-214 Spring Airlines
B-6572 Airbus A320-214 Juneyao Airlines
B-6592 Airbus A321-231 China Eastern Airlines
B-6645 Airbus A320-214 Spring Airlines
B-6706 Airbus A320-214 Spring Airlines
B-6753 Airbus A321-231 China Eastern Airlines
B-6851 Airbus A320-214 Spring Airlines
B-6861 Airbus A320-214 Juneyao Airlines
B-6862 Airbus A320-214 Spring Airlines
B-6923 Airbus A321-231 China Eastern Airlines
B-6925 ** Airbus A321-231 China Eastern Airlines
B-7365 Boeing 777-39PER China Eastern Airlines
B-7397 Boeing 737-89P Shanghai Airlines
B-7635 Boeing 737-86P Shanghai Airlines
B-7638 Boeing 737-89P Shanghai Airlines
B-7861 Boeing 737-86P Shanghai Airlines
B-7863 Boeing 737-89P Shanghai Airlines
B-8081 Israel Aircraft Industries Gulfstream G200 Galaxy
B-8133 Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream G450
B-8163 Airbus A321-211 China Eastern Airlines
B-8237 Airbus A320-232 China Eastern Airlines
B-8300 Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream G450
B-8315 Airbus A321-231 Juneyao Airlines
B-8408 Airbus A320-214 Juneyao Airlines
B-8537 Airbus A321-231 Juneyao Airlines
B-8540 Airbus A321-231 Juneyao Airlines
B-8572 Airbus A321-211 China Eastern Airlines
B-8575 Airbus A321-211 China Eastern Airlines
B-8647 Airbus A320-214 Spring Airlines
B-9945 Airbus A320-232 China Eastern Airlines
B-9957 Airbus A321-211 Juneyao Airlines
B-9978 Airbus A320-214 Juneyao Airlines
M-FTHD Dassault Falcon 2000LX
Our stead to Beijing/Capital was B-2047, a Boeing 777-39LER of Air China.
This was a shame as it was to have been a 747-8……Flight number was
CCA1858 departing Shanghai/Hongqiao (SHA) at 07:50 and arriving at
Beijing/Capital (PEK) for 10:15, a flight time of 2 hours & 20 minutes.
On arriving at Beijing/Capital, we had a long taxi around to the point we
are wondering what is going on. The terminals disappeared in the distance
and we ended up in a maintenance area to the Northern end off the airfield.
Here our stead was parked up and we were bussed back to the terminals. This
meant that we had several cracks at the stored Air China 737 & 747s that
couldn’t be seen from the Langham Place hotel (Southern end of the airfield)
and you can see pictures of these on my Flickr account;
A6-EYI Airbus A330-243 Etihad Airways
B-1508 Boeing 737-85N Shandong Airlines
B-1529 Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-1638 Airbus A321-213 Air China
B-1762 Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-1764 Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-1767 Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-1802 Airbus A320-232 China Southern Airlines
B-18051 ** Boeing 777-36NER China Airlines
B-1829 Airbus A320-232 China Southern Airlines
B-1847 Airbus A321-231 China Southern Airlines
B-1855 Airbus A321-231 Air China
B-1909 Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-1947 Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-2035 Boeing 777-39LER Air China
B-2043 Boeing 777-39LER Air China
B-2047 Boeing 777-39LER Air China
B-2068 Boeing 777-2J6 Air China
B-2088 Boeing 777-39LER Air China
B-2089 Boeing 777-39LER Air China
B-2090 Boeing 777-39LER Air China
B-2230 Airbus A320-214 China Eastern Airlines
B-2288 ** Airbus A321-231 China Southern Airlines
B-2371 Airbus A321-231 Sichuan Airlines
B-2371 Airbus A321-231 Sichuan Airlines
B-2443 ** Boeing 747-4J6 Air China
B-2445 Boeing 747-4J6 Air China
B-2447 Boeing 747-4J6 Air China
B-2481 Boeing 747-89L Air China
B-2510 Boeing 737-8Z0 Air China
B-2563 Boeing 767-36D Shanghai Airlines
B-2641 ** Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-2642 ** Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-2643 ** Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-2645 Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-2652 Boeing 737-84P Grand China Air
B-2670 Boeing 737-89L Air China Inner Mongolia
B-2671 Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-2672 Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-2700 Boeing 737-79L Air China
B-2769 Boeing 787-8 Xiamen Airlines
B-2844 ** Boeing 757-2Z0(PCF) SF Airlines
B-2869 Boeing 757-25C Xiamen Airlines
B-3011 Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200ER
B-3073 Bombardier Challenger 850
B-3233 Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream G450
B-3281 ** EMBRAER ERJ-135BJ Legacy 650
B-5045 Boeing 737-79L Air China
B-5170 Boeing 737-808 Air China
B-5172 ** Boeing 737-8Q8 Air China
B-5176 Boeing 737-86N Air China
B-5178 Boeing 737-86N Air China
B-5197 Boeing 737-86N Dalian Airlines
B-5227 Boeing 737-79L Air China
B-5397 Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-5423 Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-5423 Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-5437 Boeing 737-86N Air China
B-5497 Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-5518 Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-5621 Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-5623 Boeing 737-84P Hainan Airlines
B-5642 Boeing 737-89L Dalian Airlines
B-5757 ** Boeing 737-89L Shandong Airlines
B-5849 Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-5853 Boeing 737-84P Hainan Airlines
B-5901 ** Airbus A330-343X Air China
B-5906 Airbus A330-343X Air China
B-5916 Airbus A330-343X Air China
B-5919 Airbus A330-343X Air China
B-5969 Airbus A330-343X China Eastern Airlines
B-5979 ** Airbus A330-243 Hainan Airlines
B-6013 Airbus A320-214 China Eastern Airlines
B-6031 Airbus A319-132 Air China
B-6033 Airbus A319-132 Air China
B-6087 Airbus A330-343X China Southern Airlines
B-6088 Airbus A330-243 Hainan Airlines
B-6106 Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-6113 Airbus A330-243 Air China
B-6117 Airbus A330-243 Air China
B-6118 Airbus A330-243 Hainan Airlines
B-6119 Airbus A330-343X China Eastern Airlines
B-6138 ** Airbus A380-841 China Southern Airlines
B-6139 Airbus A380-841 China Southern Airlines
B-6275 Airbus A320-232 China Southern Airlines
B-6319 Airbus A321-231 China Southern Airlines
B-6326 Airbus A321-213 Air China
B-6327 Airbus A321-213 Air China
B-6345 Airbus A321-211 China Eastern Airlines
B-6416 ** Airbus A319-133 Capital Airlines
B-6497 Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-6507 Airbus A330-343X China Eastern Airlines
B-6523 Airbus A330-343X Air China
B-6529 Airbus A330-343X Hainan Airlines
B-6555 Airbus A321-213 Air China
B-6593 Airbus A321-213 Air China
B-6597 Airbus A321-213 Air China
B-6603 Airbus A321-213 Air China
B-6606 ** Airbus A320-214 Air China
B-6639 Airbus A320-232 China Eastern Airlines
B-6741 Airbus A321-232 Air China
B-6758 ** Airbus A320-214 China Eastern Airlines
B-6823 Airbus A321-232 Air China
B-6828 Airbus A320-214 Air China
B-6848 ** Airbus A321-232 Air China
B-6945 Airbus A320-232 China Southern Airlines
B-6961 Airbus A321-231 Air China
B-6985 ** Boeing 737-85N Shandong Airlines
B-7593 Boeing 767-338ER(BCF) SF Airlines
B-7878 Boeing 787-9 Air China
B-7879 Boeing 787-9 Air China
B-7895 Boeing 737-89L Air China
B-7898 Boeing 787-9 Air China
B-7899 Boeing 787-9 Air China
B-8096 Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream G450
B-8108 Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream G550
B-8202 Dassault Falcon 7X
B-8256 Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream G550
B-8300 Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream G450
B-8549 ** Airbus A330-243 Capital Airlines
B-8572 Airbus A321-211 China Eastern Airlines
B-9936 ** Airbus A321-231 Sichuan Airlines
B-9970 Airbus A320-214 China Eastern Airlines
B-HYF Airbus A330-342 Cathay Dragon
B-KMF Bombardier Aerospace Global 5000
B-LNM Airbus A330-343X Hong Kong Airlines
B-MAQ Airbus A321-231 Air Macau
D-ABYN Boeing 747-830 Lufthansa
EI-CXV Boeing 737-8CX MIAT Mongolian Airlines
EP-MMR Airbus A340-642 Mahan Air
G-STBG Boeing 777-336ER British Airways
HL7740 Airbus A330-323X Asiana Airlines
HL7752 Boeing 777-2B5ER Korean Air
HL7764 ** Boeing 777-2B5ER Korean Air
HL8038 ** Airbus A321-231 Asiana Airlines
HL8217 Boeing 777-3B5ER Korean Air
HL8243 ** Boeing 737-8Q8 Korean Air
JA06AN ** Boeing 737-781 All Nippon Airways
JA830J ** Boeing 787-8 Japan Airlines
JA835A Boeing 787-8 All Nippon Airways
JA844J ** Boeing 787-8 Japan Airlines
JA884A ** Boeing 787-9 All Nippon Airways
LN-RKG Airbus A340-313X SAS Scandinavian Airlines
M-HKND ** Dassault Falcon 7X
M-WANG ** Dassault Falcon 7X
N163GF Bombardier Aerospace Global 6000
N554CE Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream G550
N652CH Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream G650
N688JC EMBRAER ERJ-135BJ Legacy 650
N766MS EMBRAER ERJ-135BJ Legacy 650
N808AN ** Boeing 787-8 American Airlines
N838LM Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream G550
N868SC Israel Aircraft Industries Gulfstream G200 Galaxy
OE-LAE Boeing 767-3Z9ER Austrian Airlines
OH-LTO Airbus A330-302X Finnair
VP-CCE Canadair Challenger 604
So on clearing through immigration and looking for our stead home, we ended
up on another bus. Guess where the bus took us? Another lovely ramp tour and
back to our Shanghai aircraft.
So our final hurrah was on B-2047, Boeing 777-39LER of Air China back to
London/Heathrow. Flight number was CCA937 departing at 12:30 and arriving 11
and a half hours later at London Heathrow for around 15:55 UK time.
Before I sign off, I should say a little bit about the Chinese Visa process.
We used https://www.travel-direct.com/visas/china
From their website it says; “From 2016 the Chinese Government stopped
issuing short-term visas to UK nationals except for special purposes such as
sporting/academic visits or in some exceptional cases. All visas for UK
passport holders are now 2-years multiple-entry, for stays of up to 90 days
at each entry”
“Our all-inclusive prices include the actual visa ready for your travels,
all visa centre and consular fees, our processing fees, and the VAT.”
“• 2-YEARS MULTIPLE-ENTRY CHINESE VISA, 5 WORKING DAYS PROCESSING – £175.00
(Incl. VAT)”
As we needed multiple entries into China, a group visa (is much cheaper)
allows only one entry and so was out of the equation.
So you post your passport to them along with the requested relevant
paperwork. The paperwork can be emailed instead if you have it in that form,
such as hotel confirmations for example.
Your passport is then sent back with the Chinese Visa attached to one of
your passport pages. This saves you having to travel to London, Manchester
or Edinburgh. You can do it cheaper yourself but then you have to factor in
personal time and travel costs to get the job done. My reckoning was that it
was cheaper and easier to do it from home.
The Chinese immigration card you need for each entry and exit can be seen
via the Flickr link below. It’s fairly simple to fill in and you can grab
some on your inbound flight or whilst you are in the big queue for
immigration clearance. You fill these in for the Macau-Zhuhai land crossing
too.
So that’s it for the aircraft reports and I will send a summary as the final
email from our mammoth trip. I hope you’ve all enjoyed the read 🙂
We have further tours this year if you are interested in joining us;
Switzerland & Aero Friedrichshafen in April, Moscow (ARMY expo) in August &
Dubai in November. Check out the website or Facebook site below…
Regards,
Grant Robinson
www.oxfordaviationgroup.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/groups/oxfordaviationgroup/