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5x Airbus A340s resting at Tarbes-Lourdes at present

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Old 16th Oct 2009, 09:41
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5x Airbus A340s resting at Tarbes-Lourdes at present

I flew out of Tarbes-Lourdes airport yesterday in the South of France. It was a glorious sunny day and one could not help notice the fine flying machines laid up to rest at the otherside of the airfield. 2x Virgin Atlantic A340s (600s I think), 3x Iberia A340s (600s as well i think) and a few smaller aircraft... some SAS Fokers I'm thinking? .. a few pics below.

Anyone know how long the Virgin A340s have been there, will be there for? any other Virgin A/C resting elsewhere at present?

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Sorry pics are not better quality, terminal is quite far away and only had phone camera at hand.. still you get the scene
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Athens is the same

At Athens there are also 4-6 A340s, maybe 10 or more 737s, all sat there from Olympic Airways not doing anything except parked up in a corner..

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Spotters Balcony anyone?
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The VS A340-600s are G-VGOA and G-VATL and both are for sale, they were flown there in August and July respectively.
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The Iberia aircraft are new ones whose delivery has been deferred. They were originally parked at Toulouse.
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tks for the info
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