Airbus A330-202 EI-LAX Aer Lingus at Dublin Airport. c/n 269 Built 1999
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Airbus A330-202 EI-LAX Aer Lingus at Dublin Airport. c/n 269 Built 1999
Dublin Airport, 25th June 1999.
Delivered on 29th April 1999, this A330 (200 series) was acquired to launch direct services from Dublin to Los Angeles.
It served for 20 years until April 2020 when it was flown to Shannon for storage due to the COVID crisis. After over a year in storage the airline decided to part out the aircraft.
It made its final flight on 30th July 2021 from Shannon to Knock Airport where the aircraft was later broken up by Eirtrade Aviation.
HISTORY UPDATED - Ferried to Knock, Ireland for scrapping.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 30-Jul-21.
Named: "Mella / St. Mella"
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWKV, this aircraft was delivered to Aer Lingus as EI-LAX in Apr-99. It was sub-leased to Novair Sweden in Nov-13 and operated charter flights between Scandinavia and the Caribbean. It returned to Aer Lingus in Apr-14.
The aircraft was withdrawn from service in Mar-20 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and initially parked at Dublin, Ireland before being moved to Shannon the following month for long term storage. At the end of Jul-21 the aircraft made it's final flight to Knock, Ireland where it was permanently retired. Updated 30-Jul-21.
EI-LAX Seen holding short of 16 in Dublin waiting to depart to JFK
28th February 2021., Shannon Airport, Co.Clare, Ireland
In storage at Shannon and broken up in Knock early 2022.
12th June 2021., Shannon Airport, Co.Clare, Ireland
This aircraft has been in storage at Shannon since April 2020 due to Covid-19 outbreak and the down turn In Aviation. LAX departed Shannon on 30th July 2021 to Knock for part-out & scrapping.
12th June 2021., Shannon Airport, Co.Clare, Ireland
This aircraft has been in storage at Shannon since April 2020 due to Covid-19 outbreak and the down turn In Aviation. LAX departed Shannon on 30th July 2021 to Knock for part-out & scrapping.
EI-LAX Seen stored in Shannon during covid but was flown to Knock for scraping after this pic was taken
EI-LAX seen taxiing into park in Dublin
EI-LAX seen taxiing into park in Dublin
12th July 2021., Shannon Airport, Co.Clare, Ireland
LAX been worked on for its ferry flight to Knock for part-out and scrapping. The aircraft has been in storage at Shannon since April 2020 due to Covid-19 outbreak and the down turn In Aviation.
