1st aircraft for Compass Air Cargo

On 9 August, Compass Air Cargo took delivery of its first aircraft, a recently converted B737-800SF. It's currently registered as N288LR (28826) but will be entering the Bulgarian registry soon as Compass is a new Bulgarian airline. It arrived at Sofia on this date after a ferry flight that started on 7 August from Dothan (AL) with stops at Bangor (ME) and Shannon.  

Details about the new airline are a bit sketchy at the moment but we expect this airline to be the new joint-venture Mesa Air Group from the US was planning to launch in Europe with Gramercy Associates Ltd. and was announced in March. Originally, the plan was to operate CRJ900s on ACMI-flights but as this B737-800 has been registered to Mesa in January and is part of their contract to operate it for DHL, it seems the plans have changed.

Photo by GA Telesis.