Magic Bird Explained

Airline:Magic Bird
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Commenced:April 2006
Ceased:May 2007
Bases:Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
Fleet Size:See Fleet below
Destinations:Sundsvall and Stockholm
Parent:See History below
Headquarters:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Num Employees:12[1]

Magic Bird was a cargo airline based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It operates services between Sundsvall and Stockholm for the post office in Sweden. Its main base is Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.[2]

History

The airline started operations in April 2006, was owned by an unnamed Luxembourg holding company, and had 12 employees (at March 2007).[2] It was the successor to Magic Blue Airlines which went out of business in December 2005.[3] Magic Bird ceased operations in May 2007 and was declared bankrupt on 3 July 2007.

Fleet

The Magic Bird fleet includes the following aircraft (at June 2007):[4]

In June 2006, it was reported that the airline would soon add a second BAe ATP freighter to its fleet [5] and in December 2006 Magic Bird leased an ATP freighter to Atlantic Airlines.[6] In April 2007 the airline leased two ex-Newair Fokker 50F freighters.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. As of March 2007
  2. News: Directory: World Airlines . . 46 . 2007-04-10.
  3. Web site: Magic Blue Airlines. 2005-12-26 . CH-Aviation . 2007-06-15.
  4. Web site: Magic Bird Cargo . CH-Aviation . 2007-06-15.
  5. Web site: Magic Bird Cargo . 2006-06-11 . CH-Aviation . 2007-06-15.
  6. Web site: Magic Bird Cargo . 2006-12-10 . CH-Aviation . 2007-06-15.
  7. Web site: Magic Bird Cargo . 2006-04-28 . CH-Aviation . 2007-06-15.