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VARIG and Gol retire the last Boeing 737-300

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Estonian Air to start two new routes in June

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Estonian Air (Tallinn) will add a new route from Tallinn to Amsterdam on June 7 followed by a new route to Berlin (Tegel) on June 8.

Iraqi Airways returns to the European Union

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Iraqi Airways (Baghdad) on Thursday (March 26) returned to the European Union after 19 years. The airline scheduled a weekly Baghdad-Athens-Stockholm (Arlanda) flight. However the flight was actually operated by Seagle Air’s Boeing 737-33A OM-HLB (msn 25011). The flag carrier was banned by an international embargo after Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990. The company plans to add scheduled flights to Germany as well as to Bahrain, Doha and destinations in India.

KD Avia suspends operations, then resumes

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KD Avia (Kaliningrad) suspended all operations on March 11, 2009 due to its on-going financial difficulties. However on March 13 it was able to restore operations after it secured “new arrangements” (i.e. state aid from the government) to stabilize the company. The aircraft leasing companies have now lifted the restrictions on the operation of the leased aircraft.

Southwest agrees to pay $7.5 million fine

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Southwest Airlines (Dallas) has agreed to pay a fine of $7.5 million for its failure to perform the necessary maintenance checks for fuselage cracks on some of its older Boeing 737s.