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May 11, 2023 (newstodate): A member of the Avia Solutions Group, the Icelandic cargo carrier Bluebird Nordic is growing its freighter fleet with more Boeing 737-800 converted freighter capacity.  
   The company is now taking delivery of yet another Boeing 737-800BCF, growing the fleet to six units of the type, as part of its plan to take in a total of 25 Boeing 737-800 converted freighters till 2024.
   The first Boeing 737-800 converted freighter was delivered to Bluebird Nordic in October 2021 after undergoing cargo conversion at Taikoo Aircraft Engineering Company, followed by a C-check performed by FL Technics and repainting by MAAS Aviation, both at Lithuania's Kaunas Airport; the second aircraft followed in February 2022; the third followed in August 2022; the fourth aircraft joined the roster in October 2022 - and the fifth in March 2023.
     Bluebird Cargo was set up in 2000, managed and co-owned by Thor Kjartansson together with other Icelandic investors.
    In February 2005, the carrier was sold to the Icelandair Group; but in February 2011 Icelandair decided to divest of Bluebird Cargo that was placed with the two Icelandic banks.
   After a few years, the company was acquired by BB Holding until the take-over of the stake by Lithuania's ASG in January 2020.