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Picture: Courtesy of Paul Doyle

Last Monday and Saturday four Gulf Air Airbus A330-200s transited through Dublin Airport en route from Bahrain to Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States on return to lessor, ground handing services where provided by Sigma Aviation Services. Lakes Charles is home to EADS Aeroframe Services LLC, an EADS Sogerma Services company,providing a full range of maintenance and modification services for all Airbus aircraft types.

Gulf Air Airbus A330-200s have been previously where regular visitors to Dublin on its twice weekly schedule service from Bahrain between December 2005 and July 2007 prior to being axed as part of route network re-structuring and on maintenance checks with SR Technics.

A9C-KG Airbus A330-243 c/n 527 Gulf Air Ferried Bahrain-Dublin-Chennault International (Lake Charles) 9/03/13 Returned to lessor. GFA9905 arrived Dublin 0830 departed 1434.

A9C-KH Airbus A330-243 c/n 529 Gulf Air Ferried Bahrain-Dublin-Chennault International (Lake Charles) 9/03/13 Returned to lessor. GFA9907 arrived Dublin 0907 departed 1340.

A9C-KI Airbus A330-243 c/n 532 Gulf Air Ferried Bahrain-Dublin-Chennault International (Lake Charles) 11/03/13 Returned to lessor. GFA9909 arrived Dublin 0854 departed 1124.

A9C-KJ Airbus A330-243 c/n 992 Gulf Air Ferried Bahrain-Dublin-Chennault International (Lake Charles) 11/03/13 Returned to lessor. GFA9911 arrived Dublin 0922 departed 1218.

Thank you to Gerry Barron, Joe Heeney, Paul Doyle, Sean Flynn, Skyliner Aviation.de for their assistance providing information and pictures for this post.

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