Aer Lingus has consigned its final aircraft in the carrier’s long-standing all-green livery to history, marking the end of a livery lineage that dates back more than five decades.
The last aircraft Airbus A330-302 EI-EAV (msn 0985) named “St Ronan,” has now been repainted into the airline’s current liver completing the transition of the carrier’s A330 fleet. The retirement of the scheme closes a chapter that began with the introduction of the all-green identity in 1970, later refined into the widely recognized 1996 iteration.
EI-EAV was ferried from Dublin to Châteauroux on Feb. 25 under flight EIN998 for repainting. Following paint shop work, the aircraft operated onward sectors for additional maintenance, routing Châteauroux–Bordeaux on March 29 as EIN992, before continuing Bordeaux–Toulouse on April 11. The aircraft subsequently positioned Toulouse–Dublin on April 13 as EIN2531, arriving at 1904 local time, returning to service next day operating EIN105 to New York JFK.
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