Airbus A330-200 Gulf Air

Gulf Air is the flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The airline started in the 1940s as an air taxi service operating flights from Bahrein to Doha and Dhahran. In 1950 it was named 'Gulf Aviation'. In 1951, BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) became a major shareholder with a 22 percent stake. In 1973 the governments of the four Gulfstates - Bahrain, Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Oman - purchased BOAC's shares and each government acquired a 25 percent in the company, which was renamed 'Gulf Air'. The airline then became the flag carrier for the four Gulf states. Later, Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Oman withdrew from Gulf Air to form their own airlines. Today, Gulf Air is the flag carrier of Bahrain only.

Gulf Air's first widebody aircraft type was the Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, of which the first example entered service in early 1976 and of which thirteen were operated. The airline also flew two Boeing 747's for a short time and in 1988 the Boeing 767 began replacing the TriStars. Later, the 767s were replaced with Airbus A330-200 and A340-300 widebodies. Gulf Air operated a total of twelve A330-200s. The first aircraft was delivered in 1999. The last A330s left the fleet in 2019. Gulf Air replaced them with Boeing 787 Dreamliners.

Airbus delivered A330-200 MSN 287 to Gulf Air in July 1999 as A40-KD. In December 2007, it was re-registered A9C-KD. The aircraft was withdrawn from use and stored in November 2019.

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