They are the same people indeed. I believe that 733 was leased from JAT and sat in Istanbul due to sanctions imposed on Yugoslavia by UN. BAHA -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Dr. Alastair T. Gardiner Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 4:36 AM To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: Re: Turkish airline news Interesting Baha, Is this company related to the short lived 733-operating Bosphorous Airlines which was flying about 7-8 years ago? Cheers, Merry Xmas Alastair >BOSPHORUS AIRLINES: >A new airline with purchased 3 A300B4s. I have no information regarding >source of the planes, but they are already parked at the apron of THY mx >hangars. They all have dark blue lower fuselage with dark blue tails and >white tops. > *************************************** Dr. Alastair T. Gardiner Microbial Photosynthesis Lab 217 Davidson Building IBLS-Division of Biochemistry & Mol. Biol. University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ Scotland Tel. (+44) 141 330 6449 Fax. (+44) 141 330 4620 E-mail. atg3v@udcf.gla.ac.uk http://www.gla.ac.uk/ibls/BMB/rjc/agardiner.html ************************************** Personal web pages at http://www.geocities.com/atg3v Have a look at my airliner photography at http://airliners.net/search/photo.search?emailsearch=atg3v@udcf.gla.ac.uk