OY-MRG arrives in Shannon for maintenance

In the immediate aftermath of the collapse of Futura and Sterling the aircraft operated by both airlines went into hibernation around Europe but as the start of the 2009 IT season approaches there has been a flurry of activity in recent weeks with the MRO providers at Shannon going through a particularly busy patch. This morning saw the arrival of former Sterling B737-7L9 msn 28010, registered OY-MRG. The aircraft was originally delivered to Maersk in 1999 and stayed with them until the merger with Sterling in 2005. Sterling ceased ops on October 29 last. Pictured above OY-MRG, in full Sterling colours arrives in Shannon from Ulemiste airport in Tallinn, Estonia.  The aircraft positioned to the Air Atlanta hangar on arrival.

Also this morning, Primera B737-7Q8 msn 28210 which is another former Sterling machine emerged from the Air Atlanta hangar wearing registration TF-JXG.