SkyTaxi receive first 767-300 frieghter - SP-MRG

SkyTaxi a Polish cargo airline recently added a third 767 to their fleet SP-MRG - this is their first freighter version of the longer 767-300, joining two shorter 767-200 freighters SP-MRE and SP-MRF.

SP-MRG was registered in Poland on 27th September 2023 - the aircraft was built in 1992 with Boeing S/N 26388 and was originally delivered new to Air Europe Italy as S7-AAV. The new freighter wears a white and blue colour scheme with the SkyTaxi "Iguana" logo on the tail. The SkyTaxi fleet is home based at Ostrava airport in the Czech Republic. 

 

 Photo via SkyTaxi

More info about SkyTaxi on this weblink

New airline - Bingo Airways

Bingo Airways is the latest new airline to start up in Poland. Bingo will operate holiday charter flights from Warsaw, Katowice and Poznan to holiday destinations in and around the Mediterranean.

 
The airline has chosen a simple white and red colour scheme with a "smile" under the nose too. The first aircraft for Bingo Airways an Airbus A320 ( c/n 2118 ) was re-painted into the new colour scheme at Bournemouth-Hurn airport in England in April 2012.

This aircraft was built in 2003 and previously operated by Turkish airline Izair as TC-IZA- it will become SP-ABK shortly.


More info on the Bingo Airways website - click here


External Link to photo of the first Bingo Airways aircraft at Hurn in April 2012


Steve

Yes Airways - new Polish holiday charter airline

Yes Airways in a new Polish holiday charter airline that is due to start operations from the end of April 2011. Yes will become the first Polish airline to operator Airbus aircraft and will start operations with two Airbus A320 airliners.

The first aircraft EI-DDL c/n 533 has recently been painted in Yes Airways colour scheme at Southend, UK and will shortly become SP-IAA  - see photo link below


http://www.airliners.net/photo/Yes-Airways/Airbus-A320-214/1906363/M/


A second A320 N566BB c/n 566 will follow soon and will become SP-IAB - photo link to N566JB below


http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeropix/5581625679/page2/



Yes Airways will operate holiday flights from Poland to Mediterranean resorts.


More information on the Yes Airways website below



http://www.yesairways.pl/



UPDATE Spring 2012  - Yes Airways merged with regional carrier OLT in Spring 2012 to become OLT Express

FURTHER UPDATE August 2012 - OLT Express cancel charter flights and aircraft reposed - more details here

http://www.thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/107552,Holidaymakers-stranded-as-OLT-Express-suspends-charters




Steve

SP-HAA - FlyLAL Charters - Small Planet Airlines

FlyLAL Charters have registered their first airliner in Poland as SP-HAA. This Boeing 737-322 c/n 24664 was previously registered LY-FLD and is shown below taking off from Katowice.

photo supplied by Small Planet Airlines

The aircraft has been seen operating flights to Greece, Spain and Italy since May 2010 and is currently painted in in basic all white colour scheme with FlyLAL Charters titles, operating from Warsaw and Katowice.

On 22nd July 2010 FlyLAL Charters changed their operating name to Small Planet Airlines - the airline now operates from four European countries ( Lithuania, Estonia, Poland and Italy ) and wanted a new brand name and image to reflect its pan European operating

It is expected that 737 SP-HAA will be repainted into these new colours by October 2010.

Small Planet Airlines plan to add two Boeing 737-800 aircraft to their Polish operating fleet in summer 2011.

More details about Small Planet Airlines on their website below


http://www.smallplanet.aero/


UPDATE 1.11 - great photo of SP-HAA wearing the new Small Planet colour scheme

photo supplied by Small Planet Airlines

 Smart looking crew uniforms too  - good luck Small Planet

 photo supplied by Small Planet Airlines

Steve

SP-FDO An-26 crash landed in Estonia - 18.3.10

SP-FDO an An-26 cargo plane operated by Exin Airways on behalf of DHL crashed shortly after departing from Tallinn airport in Estonia en route to Helsinki Finland.

The aircraft came down on a snow covered frozen lake near the airport - the six crew on board all managed to escape - the concern is now to remove fuel and contaminates to prevent water pollution.

SP-FDO is c/n 10503 and was built in 1980 - it was registered in Poland as SP-FDO in 1999 having previously been operating in Russia as RA-26031.

SP-FDO crashed onto a frozen lake - photo courtesy of the Estonian Rescue Service

More details on the link below


http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/transport/?doc=24858




http://balticreports.com/?p=13280


Exin Airways


http://www.exin.pl/eng/


Steve

Enter Air - New Polish charter airline

A new Polish airline called Enter Air has recently started as a holiday charter airline in Poland.

They have leased 2 used Boeing 737-400 series aircraft from the leasing firm ILFC.

The first aircraft is registered is SP-ENA and is believed to be c/n 26320 - it has been painted in a white and blue colour scheme.

A second aircraft SP-ENB ( believed to be c/n 26299 ) will follow shortly. Both aircraft previously flew with Asiana Airlines of South Korea.

See link below for a photo of SP-ENA in Enter Air colours - with thanks to the Lotnictwo website

http://lotnictwo.net/foto.php?id=143739


Enter Air website


http://www.enterair.pl/



Steve