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Magic Blue Airlines

Dutch charter airline

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 starting later in 2005 using BAe ATP aircraft. In December 2005 the airline filed for bankruptcy.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2004Founded1
  • HeadquartersRotterdam1

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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 starting later in 2005 using BAe ATP aircraft.2

The story

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 Boeing 757-200s to start charter operations later that year instead of Airbus A300B4-200s as it had previously announced. In May 2005 two ex-Air Europa BAe ATP freighters were shortly to be added to the fleet. In November 2005 the airline wet leased two McDonnell Douglas MD-83s from Fly Air. 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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Magic Blue Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

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

2 BAe ATP (freighters)

3 BAe ATP (passenger configured)

All aircraft were leased from BAE Systems.

From Wikipedia’s article on Magic Blue Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 2005Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2004Founded Founded1

Sources

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