During the inaugural flight ceremony on 1 October 2009, MIG president Andreas Vgenopoulos stated that Olympic Air still holds the exclusive rights to the Macedonian Airlines brand name, and plans to re-launch the airline as a subsidiary of Olympic Air.
Under invigningsceremonin den 1 oktober 2009 uppgav MIG:s vd Andreas Vgenopoulos att Olympic Air fortfarande innehar exklusiva rättigheter i varumärket Macedonian Airlines och att man planerar att återuppta flygbolaget som ett dotterbolag till Olympic Air.