Slovakian Airlines Boeing 737-55S EK-73771 (OM-BTS) (msn 28471) NWI (Matt Varley) (new airline), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Slovakian Airlines (Bratislava) is the latest scheduled airline in Slovakia. The newcomer has painted its first Boeing 737-500 pictured at Norwich. Two additional copies are expected to be added for the airline which is in the process of obtaining its AOC.

Boeing 737-55S EK-73771 (msn 28471), formerly operated by Armavia, will become OM-BTS on delivery. The airframe is named M. R. Stefanik. Milan Rastislav Štefánik was a Slovak politician, diplomat, and astronomer. Bratislava’s airport is also named after this famous Slovak.

Copyright Photo: Matt Varley.