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AUG 28, 2003 (newstodate): Icelandic company Bluebird Cargo has signed a lease contract with GE Capital for three Boeing 737-300F converted freighters.
The aircraft are being converted by Israel Aircraft Industries from passenger to cargo configuration and will be delivered from April 2004.
Bluebird Cargo will, however, take over two Boeing 737-300F freighters from next month already, as part of the arrangement with GE Capital.
These aircraft will be operated by Bluebird Cargo until the conversion of the leased freighters has been completed.
Bluebird Cargo was set up in 2000, managed and co-owned by Thor Kjartansson together with other Icelandic investors.
Operations started in March of 2001, with one B737-300 freighter aircraft routing daily from Iceland via the United Kingdom to Cologne, Germany.
A second B737-300 freighter aircraft was purchased in July 2002. This aircraft is based on Bordeaux, France, and operates into Cologne five nights per week.
According to Mr Kjartansson, the new aircraft will be put on fixed contracts with customers for operations with integrators in Europe.
The aircraft are being converted by Israel Aircraft Industries from passenger to cargo configuration and will be delivered from April 2004.
Bluebird Cargo will, however, take over two Boeing 737-300F freighters from next month already, as part of the arrangement with GE Capital.
These aircraft will be operated by Bluebird Cargo until the conversion of the leased freighters has been completed.
Bluebird Cargo was set up in 2000, managed and co-owned by Thor Kjartansson together with other Icelandic investors.
Operations started in March of 2001, with one B737-300 freighter aircraft routing daily from Iceland via the United Kingdom to Cologne, Germany.
A second B737-300 freighter aircraft was purchased in July 2002. This aircraft is based on Bordeaux, France, and operates into Cologne five nights per week.
According to Mr Kjartansson, the new aircraft will be put on fixed contracts with customers for operations with integrators in Europe.