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CityJet (Dublin) has repainted the last Fokker F.27 Mk. 050 of VLM Airlines. The VLM brand is now retired.
Copyright Photo: Pepscl. OO-VLI (msn 20226) was the last to be repainted. The airliner waits for its passengers at Paris (Orly).
Flugfelag Islands-Air Iceland Fokker F.27 Mk. 050 (Fokker 50) TF-JMM (msn 20214) ARN (Stefan Sjogren), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Iceland will close two airports on Friday for the first time, a week after ash from an Icelandic volcano forced the shutdown of airspace over much of Europe and stranded thousands of passengers around the world, the Icelandic aviation authority announced Thursday according to this CNN report.
The Keflavik International Airport and Reykjavรญk International Airport will be closed beginning early Friday morning, the aviation authority said, according to a statement on the Keflavik airport’s website.
Though the ash cloud originated in Iceland, the country’s airports have been spared from closure until now. Strong northwest winds had been blowing ash from the volcano, in the south of Iceland, out to sea and over Europe.
Two other Icelandic international airports, in Akureyri and Egilsstadir, will stay open to all air traffic, the aviation authority said. The ash cloud is not expected to reach those cities, which are in the north and east of the island nation.
Icelandair announced Thursday that trans-Atlantic passengers from the U.S. and Europe who would have stopped in Keflavik will be rerouted Friday via Glasgow, Scotland.
Icelandair said that passengers traveling to and from Iceland will have the option of being re-routed through the Akureyri airport, a four-hour drive from Reykjavรญk. The airline is arranging bus travel between Akureyri airport and the Reykjavรญk Bus Terminal.
Read the full report from CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/04/22/iceland.airport.closures/
Copyright Photo: Stefan Sjogren. The ash is now also disrupting domestic air travel in Iceland. Flugfelag Islands’ (Air Iceland) Fokker F.27 Mk. 050 TF-JMM (msn 20214) prepares to land at Stockholm (Arlanda).
KLM Cityhopper (Amsterdam) as planned retired its last two Fokker F.27 Mk. 050s (Fokker 50s) on March 27.
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Copyright Photo: Ola Carlsson. Pictured hauling mail at night is SE-LJY at Stockholm (Arlanda).
Amapola Flyg (Stockholm-Arlanda) is operating its Fokker F.27 Mk. 050 (Fokker 50) SE-LJY (msn 20259) for the Swedish Post Office in this hybrid ANA color scheme.
KLM Cityhopper Fokker F.27 Mk. 050 PH-LXJ (msn 20270) NUE (type to be retired March 27, 2010), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
KLM Cityhopper (Amsterdam) will retire its last Fokker F.27 Mk. 050 (Fokker 50) from revenue service on March 27.
Copyright Photo: Gunter Mayer. Fokker F.27 Mk. 050 PH-LXJ (msn 20270) stops at Nuremberg.
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Aria Air (Tehran) restarted operations on October 14. ย It previously shut down on July 25, 2009.
Copyright Photo: Nik French. VLM's Fokker F.27 Mk. 050 OO-VLP (msn 20209) was previously painted as The Green Machine and before that in the Euro 2008 soccer colors. It is pictured at Manchester after dark in CityJet's colors.
VLM Airlines (Antwerp) has started repainting its fleet into CityJet’s 2007 colors. CityJet will be the surviving carrier when Air France subsidiary CityJet (Dublin) is merged with VLM. The two carriers will operate under the CityJet name starting on January 1, 2010. However both carriers will continue to operate under each AOC until this date.
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Aria Air (Tehran) suspended all operations yesterday (July 25) one day after the fiery crash that killed 16 people (mostly crew) at Mashhad the previous day.
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