Magic Blue Airlines was a charter passenger airline based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was previously an all-freight operator and intended to operate charter services from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to Mediterranean holiday destinations starting later in 2005 using BAe ATP aircraft.
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| Founded | January 2004 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2005 | ||||||
| Operating bases | Amsterdam Schiphol Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | See Fleet below | ||||||
| Headquarters | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||||||
In December 2005 the airline filed for bankruptcy.
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editHistory
editThe airline was established as Farnair Europe in 1995[1] and renamed to Farnair Netherlands in 2000.[2] It was wholly owned by FN Holding and in January 2004 was renamed once again as Magic Blue Airlines. In March 2005 it was planning to use two Boeing 757-200s to start charter operations later that year instead of Airbus A300B4-200s as it had previously announced.[3] In May 2005 two ex-Air Europa BAe ATP freighters were shortly to be added to the fleet.[4] In November 2005 the airline wet leased two McDonnell Douglas MD-83s from Fly Air.[5] In December 2005 Magic Blue Airlines filed for bankruptcy, never having started commercial operations.[6] In May 2006, Magic Bird the successor to Magic Blue Airlines finally started operations with a single BAe ATP freighter.[7]
Fleet
editThe Magic Blue Airlines fleet included the following aircraft (at July 2005):
- 2 BAe ATP (freighters)
- 3 BAe ATP (passenger configured)
All aircraft were leased from BAE Systems.
References
edit- ^ "Farnair Europe". Airline History. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Farnair Netherlands". Airline History. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Magic Blue Airlines". CH-Aviation. 2005-03-26. Retrieved 2007-06-15.
- ^ "Magic Blue Airlines". CH-Aviation. 2005-05-14. Retrieved 2007-06-15.
- ^ "Magic Blue Airlines". CH-Aviation. 2005-11-10. Retrieved 2007-06-15.
- ^ "Magic Blue Airlines". CH-Aviation. 2005-12-26. Retrieved 2007-06-15.
- ^ "Magic Blue Airlines". CH-Aviation. 2006-05-05. Retrieved 2007-06-15.
