Falcon Air was a cargo and passenger

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based in

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal pop ...

, Sweden. It operated mail transport services at night and day flights on contract for

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. Its main base was Malmö/Sturup Airport. It should not be confused with Falconair, which between May 1967 and 1 September 1970 operated three

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and three

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, based at Malmö Bulltofta Airport.

History

The airline started air cargo operations in October 1986. It was acquired by Postbolagen in two phases in 1987 and 1988. The airline ceased operations in 2006.

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3 April 2007

Destinations

Falcon Air operated mail transport during the night from/to Stockholm,

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, Luleå and Sundsvall in January 2005.

Fleet

The Falcon Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at August 2006):

, 3–9 October 2006 *3 -

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References

Notes

Bibliography

* Klee, Ulrich & Bucher, Frank et al. ''jp airline-fleets international''. Zürich-Airport, 1966–2007

External links

{{Airlines_of_Sweden Defunct airlines of Sweden Airlines established in 1986 Airlines disestablished in 2006 Companies based in Malmö Swedish companies established in 1986 Swedish companies disestablished in 2006