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New Photo of the Week: Malev

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Still no spotting this year so, went back a few years (15....been taking some shots that long??) for a catch on Malev's B738 HA-LOH... As far as I can remember it wasn't a regular here. Got them a couple of times, maybe some more times but not a regular airline here. Was probably more famous for its amazing low level flights over Budapest, still a nice catch, specially because it ceased operations on February 2012...

Malev Express

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When Malev went backrupt, shared some pics of their visits to Madeira (check HERE ) Today was checking some old pics and found another Malev pic I'd taken, back in 2005. It was HA-LNB, a Canadair CL-600, from Malev Express, in Venice, with the beautifull Laguna, as background...

Malev shut down....

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HA-LOC landing on runway 05 at LPMA/FNC - Madeira Looks like the worst scenario happened...Malev has ceased operations... The info provided on their webpage : 6 am 03 February 2012 – Malév ceases its operation Based on the Board of Directors’ decision Hungary’s National Airline ceased its operation to minimize its losses. According to this statement, after nearly 66 years of continuous operation, Malév aircrafts will not depart from 6 am 03 February.   “Unfortunately, the event occurred which we had a greatest fear of and we wanted to avoid with might and main. Although, until the latter days there were prospects to continue operation and the trust of our passengers is unbroken, our partners lost their trust due to the information published in the last days and they started to ask for payment of their services in advance. This speeded up the cash outflow and the situation of the airline became untenable. It is also known that the owner, despite the best intentions, is unab...

Malev in trouble...

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After Spanair, looks like Malev is also in trouble... (Check HERE ) This year is starting to sound real bad to airlines (as well as many other companies...) The Hungarian company has been here at least a couple of times with B737 (HA-LOC and HA-LOH), back in 2004 and 2006: HA-LOC cockpit, in June 2004 HA-LOH landing on runway 05 Jan.2006 Check a few more pics HERE  or HERE