Magic Bird was a cargo airline

Cargo airline

Cargo airlines are airlines dedicated to the transport of cargo. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines.-Logistics:...

 based in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

, the Netherlands

Netherlands

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. It operates services between Sundsvall

Sundsvall

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 and Stockholm

Stockholm

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 for the post office in Sweden

Sweden

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. Its main base is Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol ) is the Netherlands' main international airport, located 20 minutes southwest of Amsterdam, in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer. The airport's official English name, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, reflects the original Dutch word order...

.

History

The airline started operations in April 2006, was owned by an unnamed Luxembourg

Luxembourg

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 holding company, and had 12 employees (at March 2007). It was the successor to Magic Blue Airlines

Magic Blue Airlines

Magic Blue Airlines was a charter passenger airline based in Rotterdam in the 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...

 which went out of business in December 2005.
Magic Bird ceased operations in May 2007 and was declared bankrupt on 3 July 2007 due to poor financial management by the directors.

Fleet

The Magic Bird fleet includes the following aircraft (at June 2007) :

• 2 BAe ATP
• 2 Fokker 50F
  Fokker F50
  The Fokker 50 is a turboprop-powered airliner, designed as a refinement of and successor to the highly successful Fokker F27 Friendship. The Fokker 60 is a stretched freighter version of the Fokker 50. Both aircraft were built by Fokker in the Netherlands...
  
  

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

Atlantic Airlines

Atlantic Airlines Limited is a British cargo airline based in Coventry, United Kingdom. It operates contract and ad-hoc cargo flights worldwide, especially within Europe and across the Atlantic. Most of their flights depart from East Midlands and Bournemouth...

. In April 2007 the airline leased two ex-Newair Fokker 50F

Fokker F50

The Fokker 50 is a turboprop-powered airliner, designed as a refinement of and successor to the highly successful Fokker F27 Friendship. The Fokker 60 is a stretched freighter version of the Fokker 50. Both aircraft were built by Fokker in the Netherlands...

freighters.