Croatia's ETF Airways to take delivery of third jet

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Croatia's ETF Airways to take delivery of third jet

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Croatian ACMI operator ETF Airways is to take delivery of its third aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 (pictured). The jet is currently undergoing maintained and inspection, after which it will receive the airline’s livery The aircraft will be registered 9A-KOR and nicknamed Discovery, following the Star Trek theme. ETF Airways’ two other B737-800s are being fully utilised, with both currently based in Pristina.

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Anonymous13:51
Bravo Hrvatska!
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Anonymous15:32
Fortunatelly 9A-KOR will be named Discovery and not Columbia (ETF website).
Columbia was also the Space Shuttle that crashed.
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