This A321 together with it's sister-ship A9C-CF, should have been delivered in late November 2012 but delivery was delayed by Gulf Air. It was repainted all white and stored at Toulouse (TLS) and Lourdes (LDE). Both aircraft were repainted in full Gulf Air livery by Air Livery at Manchester and were both delivered to Bahrain (BAH) within 20 minutes of each other.