Blue1

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Blue1
IATA
KF		 ICAO
BLF		 Callsign
Bluefinn
Founded 1987
Hubs Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
Focus cities Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
Frequent flyer program EuroBonus
Member lounge Scandinavian Lounge
Alliance Star Alliance
Fleet size 12
Destinations 26
Parent company SAS AB
Headquarters Helsinki, Finland
Key people Stefan Wentjärvi (CEO)
Mats Jansson (CEO SAS Group)
Website: http://www.blue1.com/

Blue1 is an airline based in Helsinki, Finland. It is a regional airline feeding into the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) network via Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen from five cities in Finland. It also operates services from Helsinki to domestic destinations as well as to several cities in Europe. Its main base is Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, with hubs at Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen and Stockholm-Arlanda Airport[1].

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[edit] History

The airline was established in 1987 and started operations in 1988 as Air Botnia. It was purchased by SAS in January 1998. In January 2004, when the first low cost regional airline in Finland, Flying Finn went bankrupt, the airline was rebranded as Blue1. It started flights within a few months to the most profitable destinations of Flying Finn. First destination was Oulu, later came Kuopio, Rovaniemi and Vaasa.[citation needed]

It became the first regional member of Star Alliance on 3 November 2004. In 2006 the airline opened up new routes to 11 European destinations[1].

[edit] Destinations

[citation needed]


Further information: SAS Group destinations
An Avro RJ85 parked at Turku Airport.
An Avro RJ85 parked at Turku Airport.

[edit] Fleet

The Blue1 fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007)[1]:

The airline has previously operated:

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Flight International 27 March 2007
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