Ireland West Airport marked historic milestone in Aer Lingus history on Friday 23 October, welcoming EI-GEY, the final Airbus A330-202 in the airline’s former livery, on a ferry flight from Perpignan, France. The aircraft, named St. Benan (Beineón), arrived at 15:12 local time operating as EIN1996. Callsign EIN1996 chosen to commemorate the milestone.
EI-GEY (MSN 441) was ferried from Dublin to Perpignan on 14 July 2025 under flight number EIN2512. Its return to Ireland West Airport marked a notable chapter in the aircraft’s operational history and Aer Lingus’s fleet transition.
The Airbus A330-202 EI-GEY was registered in Dublin on 5 April 2018 ex A7-ACH, before entering service on 11 May 2018. Its inaugural day of operations included an additional sector on the Dublin–Bilbao route as EIN2750, followed by a positioning flight back to Dublin as EIN2993.
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