TFU test flight is finally happening! CZ/CA/MU will send their flagship aircraft, a.k.a. A380/747/777, to Chengdu Tianfu Int'l Airport (TFU) on 22 Jan for a test flight. Sichuan, Lucky Air, Chengdu Air will join CN3 with A330, 737 & ARJ21 respectively.
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Today is the big day!! My team is getting ready to board CZ/CA/MU's test flts frm CTU to TFU. 20mins t/o 2 ldg. Check out the relative position of #Chengdu city, CTU (the current airport, in red), and TFU (the big new one, in blue).
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The @airchina test flights, operated by #QOTS 747-8i/B-2486, will have 3 flt #, CA089 for CTU-TFU, CA088 for TFU-TFU, CA090 for TFU-CTU. Should be able to track them on @flightradar24

. @CSAIRGlobal will operate a single CTU-TFU return CZ6985/6 using their 1st #A380/B-6136. Check out the CAPT's announcement on yesterday's ferry/pax flight from CAN-CTU, by the same CAPT piloting today's test flight.
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. @CEAirglobal operates MU9005 from CTU-TFU with 777-300ER/B-2002 the #CIIE special livery.

Chengdu Tianfu Int'l Airport, here we come! Our team is on:
@CSAIRGlobal #Airbus A380-800 B-6136
@airchina #Boeing 747-8i B-2486
@CEAirglobal Boeing 777-300ER B-2002

See you at TFU. #RealChinaLife #avgeek

#1 Sichuan Airlines A330 is taxiing.
#2 @airchina 747-8 is pushing back.
Photo taken from #3 @CEAirglobal 777-300ER.
#TFU

Sichuan 1 has landed @ TFU
@airchina 089, @CEAirglobal MU9005, Lucky Air 8L8651 & Chengdu Airlines EU2501 #ARJ21 is enroute. @CSAIRGlobal CZ6985 is lining up.

The smallest and largest aircrafts of today's #TFU test flight.

Although #TFU is really far away from downtown #Chengdu (about 1.5-2hrs drive), there are tons of #AvGeeks gathered here for #planespotting the test flights. #RealChinaLife

Just realised that most #AvGeeks in the previous tweet are likely just local villagers. But I am sure they are still excited to see the planes. LoL.

From left to right:
Air China 747-8
Sichuan Airlines A330-300
Lucky Air 737-800
Chengdu Airlines ARJ21
China Eastern 777-300ER
Shot from China Southern A380
#TFU #AvGeek

We present you, the flight crew from @CSAIRGlobal, Lucky Air, and Chengdu Airlines for today's test flights.

And it won't be a traditional Chinese celebration without some good old-fashioned red banners in the group photos...

...or some strong shout out slogan. Brought to you by Sichuan Airlines.

Meanwhile, @airchina & @CEAirglobal are shaking things up a bit.

Ha! I knew Air China would've brought a red banner! How can the flag carrier not carry this time-honored tradition!