Boeing 777 Arrives at Ireland West Airport

On Monday 17th June, the largest-ever twin-engine aircraft to visit Ireland West Airport arrived. The Eva Air Boeing 777-300ER, registration B-16703, arrived at 10:54 am following a 14 hour 52 minute flight from Taipei in Taiwan. It will be processed at the EirTrade facility at the airport and eventually broken up.

B-16703 (MSN 32643) is relatively young at just 18 years old. It was delivered new to Eva Air in June 2006 and has operated exclusively for the airline during its career. This is the first B777 disposal for the airline, they have a further 42 in service comprised of 33 passenger variants and nine freighters.

Ireland West Airport circulated the video below of its arrival at the airport.  

Mark Dwyer
Mark Dwyerhttps://flyinginireland.com
Mark is an airline pilot flying the Boeing 737 for a major European airline. In addition he is also a Type Rating Instructor, Type Rating Examiner and Base Training Captain on the B737. Outside of commercial flying Mark enjoys flying light aircraft from the smallest 3 Axis microlights up to heavier singles. He is also an instructor and EASA Examiner on single engines and a UK CAA Examiner. He flies the Chipmunk for the Irish Historic Flight Foundation (IHFF). Mark became the Chairman of the National Microlight Association of Ireland (NMAI) in 2013 and has overseen a massive growth in the organisation. In this role he has worked at local and national levels. In 2015, Mark won ‘Upcoming Aviation Professional Award’ at the Aviation Industry Awards sponsored by the IAA. Mark launched this website back in 2002 while always managing the website, he has also been Editor and Deputy Editor of FlyingInIreland Magazine from 2005 to 2015.

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