galley-wench 22, Planetair will indeed never be able to pull an AOC together. They never intended to try. The MD82 at initial start-up was to be operated by Flightline on behalf of Planetair under a virtual airline agreement like Palmair and European at Bournemouth. It would indeed have been a glorified tour operator pretending to be an airline - that was the whole objective, a point which you seem to have missed.
LBAir, jmc757 - prospects of Air Scandic operating the 757 service to Lahore evaporated several weeks ago so I'm afraid this is an old rumour. Finnair 757 crews said "no way" about operating to Lahore and an option to use Scandic's A300s has also fallen apart. Some way to go yet, me thinks, although there is potential for this to work.