Airline: | Magic Bird |
Iata: | - |
Icao: | - |
Callsign: | - |
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]
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.
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]