Magic Bird was a
cargo airline based in
Amsterdam,
Netherlands. It operates services between
Sundsvall
Sundsvall () is a city and the seat of Sundsvall Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It has a population of 58,807 as of 2020; more than 95,000 live in the municipal area. It is Sweden's 21st largest city by population.
History
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and
Stockholm
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for the post office in
Sweden
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. Its main base is
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
History
The airline started operations in April 2006, was owned by an unnamed
Luxembourg holding company, and had 12 employees (at March 2007).
It was the successor to
Magic Blue Airlines
Magic Blue Airlines was a charter passenger airline based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was previously an all-freight operator and intended to operate charter services from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to Mediterranean holiday destinations startin ...
which went out of business in December 2005.
Magic Bird ceased operations in May 2007 and was declared bankrupt on 3 July 2007.
Fleet
The Magic Bird fleet includes the following aircraft (at June 2007):
*2
BAe ATP
The British Aerospace ATP (Advanced Turbo-Prop) is an airliner designed and produced by British Aerospace. It was an evolution of the Hawker Siddeley HS 748, a fairly successful feederliner of the 1960s.
The ATP was developed during the 1980 ...
*2
Fokker 50F
In June 2006, it was reported that the airline would soon add a second BAe ATP freighter to its fleet and in December 2006 Magic Bird leased an ATP freighter to
Atlantic Airlines. In April 2007 the airline leased two ex-Newair
Fokker 50F freighters.
References
External links
Magic Bird
{{Airlines of the Netherlands
Defunct airlines of the Netherlands
Airlines established in 2006
Airlines disestablished in 2007
2006 establishments in the Netherlands
2007 disestablishments in the Netherlands
Defunct cargo airlines