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Jat Airways (Belgrade) was forced to cancel all flights today due to a strike of Jat Tehnika employees.
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Arik Air (Lagos) may have to change its “Wings of Nigeria” sub-titles if they follow through on their current threat to move to another country. Arik Air is upset about the Nigerian government’s order to move from the domestic terminal at Lagos to the international terminal.
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The first aircraft to be repainted at Shannon is this Boeing 737-33V registered 5N-VNF (msn 29341). The airliner was later routed from Shannon to Palma de Mallorca and then Lagos on September 17, having arrived in SNN in the old Virgin Nigeria colors on September 11. Copyright Photo: Trevor Mulkerrins.
Virgin Nigeria Airways (Lagos) yesterday (September 17) changed its name to Nigerian Eagle Airlines. the first aircraft to be repainted is Boeing 737-33V 5N-VNF (msn 29341).
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Taxiing at San Francisco now with Blended Winglets (winglets were added about two weeks before repainting), Southwest has retained a "Silver One" logo by the nose. Copyright Photo: Mark Durbin.
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N629SW prepares to taxi from the gate at Los Angeles in the gray fuselage version of "Silver One". Copyright Photo: Roy Lock.
Southwest Airlines (Dallas) has repainted its Boeing 737-3H4 N629SW (msn 27704) known as “Silver One” into the current 2001 colors. N629SW originally was introduced in a metal top scheme in June 1996 celebrating its 25th Anniversary (Silver Anniversary). In 1999 the metal top was replaced with gray paint.
United Airlines (Chicago) will retire its last Boeing 737 on October 28 at the San Francisco hub after 41.5 years of faithful service. Both 737-322 N329UA and 737-322 N331UA will be retired on this day from revenue service at SFO and then flown to Victorville, CA for storage (N329UA on October 29 and N331UA on October 30). UA introduced the 737-222 into revenue service on April 28, 1968. Watch for an upcoming special AG salute to United’s 737s over the years.
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The 128-seat Boeing 737-33A registered CP-2595 (msn 24790) made a visit to Sao Paulo (Guarulhos) on September 12. Copyright Photo: Marcelo Magalhaes.
AeroSur (Bolivia) (Santa Cruz) added its first Boeing 737-300 in August in a dramatic way. The new type is painted in this special “Yacare” (alligator) color scheme and was introduced on September 3.
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Jat Airways (Belgrade) is reportedly getting ready to finalize a deal with Boeing for “up to five” new 737NGs. Previously the company had planned to add eight Airbus A319s in 2004 and then considered obtaining eight Boeing 737-800s starting in 2005. Any new airplanes will probably lead to a new livery.
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KD Avia (Kaliningrad) ceased all operations and declared bankruptcy on September 8 as it was facing a suspension of its AOC by the Russian government on September 14. Previously the carrier had suspended operations earlier this year on March 11 and was able to resume operations with backing from a bank.
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Okay Airways (OKAir.net) (Tianjin) intends to add one or two new investors amounting to a cash injection of approximately $29.2 million.
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