I received this shot of the first Western aircraft for Kuban Airlines, a Boeing 737-3Q8 registered VQ-BHD, and is painted in a great colourful scheme with sunflowers. The airline is based at Krasnodar in Russia and named after the Province of Kuban. The photo was taken by Ian Bowley and is seen here after roll-out at East Midlands and is former BMI Baby aircraft (G-TOYC). Kuban is flying the 737-300 into Frankfurt on a regular basis on mondays and saturdays. Other destinations for Kuban in Europe this summer are Athens (Yak 42), Cologne (737-300), Hannover (737-300). Larnaca (Yak 42), Munich (737-300) and Thessaloniki (Yak 42).