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Gulf air have taken delivery of a factory new airbus A320-214. The aircraft was originally ordered by Chinese operator East Star Air but the order was cancelled, no doubt due to the current economic conditions. Today, A9C-AA arrived in Shannon to be painted in the livery of Gulf Air at Lufthansa Aircraft Paint Shannon. The aircraft is msn 3706 and wears hex code 894052.Pictured above A9C-AA, in full East Star Air titles and colours, prepares to touch down on R24 in the midst of a wintry shower. The Shannon weather played it's usual game with clear sunshine breaking out three minutes after it's arrival !
Gulf Air announced today that the airline would be terminating it's MRO contract with SR Technics in June of this year. The contract covers airframe and component overhaul with some of the airframe work being carried out at the SR Technics facility in Dublin. Gulf Air are a significant customer for SR Technics who employee 1,200 people between Dublin Airport and Mahon in Cork where the company has an airfoil repair facility. Worldwide SRT employee 5,300 and are headquartered in Zurich. MRO facilities are additionally located at Stansted, Zurich and Bahrain. The company is owned by a consortium from the United Arab Emirates with the Board and management of the company holding a minority shareholding. It is not known at this time of the loss of the contract will impact on headcount in Ireland.
Gulf air have taken delivery of a factory new airbus A320-214. The aircraft was originally ordered by Chinese operator East Star Air but the order was cancelled, no doubt due to the current economic conditions. Today, A9C-AA arrived in Shannon to be painted in the livery of Gulf Air at Lufthansa Aircraft Paint Shannon. The aircraft is msn 3706 and wears hex code 894052.
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