Air Albatros take delivery of I-DAWS

Croatian air taxi operator Air Albatros have taken delivery of ex Alitalia MD 82 I-DAWS. The aircraft arrived in Shannon on October 22 last in the midst of the death throes of Alitalia. Since then it has been parked in open storage. On Wednesday the aircraft emerged from the Shannon Aerospace hangars in basic Alitalia colours with Air-Albatros titles and the Italian registration intact. The aircraft was ferried from Shannon to Rijeka in Croatia using Westair's AOC and radio callsign "Emerald 10". Pictured above in the copyright picture by Malcolm Nason, I-DAWS lines up for departure off R24.