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Feb 21, 2022 (newstodate): The Icelandic cargo carrier Bluebird Nordic has now received its second Boeing 737-800 converted freighter.
   The aircraft has been converted to cargo version at GAMECO in Guangzhou, China and placed with the carrier on a leasing contract with the ASG leasing company AviaAM Leasing.
   The first Boeing 737-800 converted freighter was delivered to Bluebird Nordic in October 2021 - also on a lease contract with AviaAM Leasing after undergoing cargo conversion at Taikoo Aircraft Engineering Company at Jinan, China, followed by a C-check performed by FL Technics and repainting by MAAS Aviation, both at Lithuania's Kaunas Airport.  
   Bluebird Nordic was acquired 100 percent in January 2020 by Lithuania's Avia Solutions Group that also comprises AviaAM Leasing.
    Bluebird Nordic is to take in a total of 25 Boeing 737-800 converted freighters till 2024, adding to its existing fleet comprising one Boeing 737-300, seven Boeing 737-400 freighters and now also two Boeing 737-800.
   The carrier is also to build up capacity in the wide-body cargo segment, signing a lease agreement in January this year with Dublin-based lessor STLC Europe Twenty Five Leasing Ltd for two Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft to be converted to cargo version and offered in the airfreight market by 2024.