Magic Blue Airlines was a

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passenger

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based in

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. It was previously an all-freight operator and intended to operate charter services from

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holiday destinations starting later in 2005 using

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aircraft. In December 2005 the airline filed for

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Code data

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Code: MJB *

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: MAGIC BLUE

History

The airline was established as Farnair Europe in 1995 and renamed to Farnair Netherlands in 2000. It was wholly owned by FN Holding and in January 2004 was renamed once again as Magic Blue Airlines. In March 2005 it was planning to use two

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s to start charter operations later that year instead of Airbus A300B4-200s as it had previously announced. In May 2005 two ex-

Air Europa Air Europa Líneas Aéreas, S.A.U., branded as Air Europa, is the third-largest Spain, Spanish airline after Iberia (airline), Iberia and Vueling. The airline is headquartered in Llucmajor, Mallorca, Spain; it has its main hub at Adolfo Suárez M ...

BAe ATP freighters were shortly to be added to the fleet. In November 2005 the airline

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d two McDonnell Douglas MD-83s from

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. In December 2005 Magic Blue Airlines filed for bankruptcy, never having started commercial operations. In May 2006, Magic Bird the successor to Magic Blue Airlines finally started operations with a single BAe ATP freighter.

Fleet

The Magic Blue Airlines fleet included the following aircraft (at July 2005): *2

(freighters) *3 BAe ATP (passenger configured) All aircraft were leased from

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References

{{Airlines of the Netherlands Defunct airlines of the Netherlands Airlines established in 2004 Airlines disestablished in 2005