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i Fly’s first airplane is painted at Miami

i Fly (Moscow-Vnukovo) is the latest new charter airline in Russia that is planning to add four Boeing 757-200s. The first, ex-KrasAir Boeing 757-256 EI-DUD (msn 26249), has been painted at Miami in this attractive color scheme.

Fresh out of the paint shop at MIA, EI-DUD heads to the runway. Copyright Photo: Robert Collazo.

Alwafeer Air to start charter operations

brand new airline, ex -Malaysian Airlines B747-400,12Sep09, originally uploaded by Pervez 183A.

Alwafeer Air (Jeddah) is a new Hajj and Umrah charter airline with an ex-Malaysia Airlines Boeing 747-4H6 registered HZ-AWA1 (msn 27672, ex 9M-MPI) which was delivered on September 10, 2009. The new airline, which is partly owned by Saudi Arabian Airlines, expects to start operations this month. Copyright Photo: Pervez 183A via Flickr.

Olympic Air (3rd) to take over on September 29

Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best. Please click on photo for more photos.

Olympic Air (3rd) (Athens) will take over as the new Greek flag carrier on September 29. Outgoing Olympic Airlines (2nd) (Athens) will operate its last flights on September 28.

News link:

airlineroute.blogspot.com/2009/09/olympic-airlines-cease-operation.html

The first EFly (efly.it) 146-300 is painted

The first BAe 146-300 for new airline Efly (efly.it) of Italy is this aircraft currently registered 9H-ELE (msn E3209). It is undergoing maintenance at Cologne (Nayak). Copyright Photo: Rainer Bexten.

Sundt Atlanta Skybridge starts operations

Sundt Atlanta Skybridge (Oslo-Gardermoen) is a joint venture between Air Atlanta Icelandic (Keflavik) and corporate jet operator Sundt Air (Oslo). The new JV will operate cargo charters. Boeing 747-230B (F) TF-ARM (msn 22363) was repositioned to OSL on June 24, 2009 and is now operating charter flights while still painted in basic Saudi Arabian Airlines colors.

Further information and picture:

www.atlanta.is/index.aspx?GroupId=37&TabId=41&NewsItemID=253&ModulesTabsId=46

Air Dominicana will now start on October 16

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Air Dominicana (Santo Domingo) will now launch operations on October 16 from SDQ to both Miami and New York (JFK).

Skywings International starts operations

Hamburg International's Boeing 737-33A D-AHIG (msn 23827) at Berlin (Schoenefeld) before it was delivered and re-registered as Z3-AAJ. Copyright Photo: Michael Kubatz.

Skywings International (Skopje) is a new airline based in Macedonia. It was due today (July 19) to commence operations with a leased Boeing 737-33A (Z3-AAJ, msn 23827, ex D-AHIG) leased from and operated by Hamburg International (Hamburg) in full Skywings colors. The new airline was due to fly the inaugural flight today from Skopje to Podgorica. Its website is also advertising scheduled flights from Skopje to Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Rome and Stuttgart and also from Ohrid to Amsterdam and Dusseldorf.

Star1 Airlines starts operations

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Star1 Airlines (www.star1.aero) (Vilnius) commenced charter operations on June 30. However scheduled flights between Vilnius and Dublin, Girona (Barcelona) and London began on July 3 with Boeing 737-73S LY-STG (msn 29083).

Mint Airways starts operations with 757 EC-LBC

Operating for Thomas Cook Airlines (UK), Mint Airways' EC-LBC arrives at night at Manchester. Copyright Photo: Nik French.

Mint Airways (Mint Airlines S. L. dba) (Madrid) is a new Spanish ACMI charter airline. The new company leased 232-seat Boeing 757-28A EC-LBC (msn 26276) named “Tato Goya” from ILFC on May 29, 2009. Operations commenced this month. Besides flying for other airlines, Mint is also operating from MAD to Cairo, Luxor, Aswan and Amman.

AeroLogic commences cargo operations

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AeroLogic (Leipzig/Halle), the joint cargo airline of DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo, yesterday (June 19) launched operations after receiving its AOC. The airline will initially serve the route Leipzig – Bahrain – Singapore – Delhi – Leipzig on weekdays and the route Leipzig – Tashkent – Hong Kong – Tashkent – Leipzig on weekends. By 2010, the airline will gradually expand the network to offer new direct connections to most of Asia’s major metropolitan areas.

The new airline will operate with eight leased new Boeing 777F freighters, the first four of which are expected to be delivered this year. The 777F has a maximum payload capacity of 103 tons and can fly distances of over 9000 km, which enables non-stop flights from AeroLogic’s home base of Leipzig/Halle to key Asian growth markets.