Ireland now has two Airbus Defence and Space C295 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) which have replaced two CN235-100 MPAs purchased for the Irish Air Corps in 1994.
The first C-295 medium tactical transport aircraft has landed in Vadodara, days after it was handed over to the Indian Air Force in the southern Spanish city of Seville.
C-295, India s first transport aircraft took off from Seville in Spain on September 15 and made three stopovers in Malta, Egypt and Bahrain before reaching Vadodara today.