Blue Air
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| Blue Air | ||
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| IATA 0B |
ICAO JOR |
Callsign BLUE TRANSPORT |
| Founded | 2004 | |
| Hubs | Aurel Vlaicu International Airport | |
| Focus cities | Arad International Airport, Bacău International Airport, Cluj International Airport | |
| Fleet size | 7 (+ 5 orders, + 2 options[1]) | |
| Destinations | 24 | |
| Parent company | Blue Air Transport Aerian S.A. | |
| Headquarters | Bucharest, Romania | |
| Key people | Gheorghe Răcaru (President and CEO) | |
| Website: http://www.blueair-web.com | ||
Blue Air is a low-cost airline based in Bucharest, Romania. It started operations in December 2004 and operates services to European destinations. Its main base is Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, Bucharest's smaller airport, also known as Bucharest Băneasa[2].
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[edit] Destinations
At its founding, it also operated a domestic Bucharest-Timişoara flight, though this was discontinued in March 2005 due to low demand and competition from TAROM as well as rail travel. Blue Air began domestic flights to Cluj Napoca International Airport from Bucharest on 29 October 2006, operated with a Boeing 737. The newest Blue Air destination is Malaga in Spain. Also the Targu Mures - Valencia service was replaced with the brand new Cluj Napoca - Valencia service.[citation needed]
The company is by far the cheapest air carrier as of November 2006 to service Bucharest and other Romanian cities. It frequently offers deals on well-traveled routes whereby one can purchase tickets to major European cities in a fairly open window of time for only 1 or 2 euros plus tax. Blue Air offers free tickets from Cluj to Bucharest and back if one purchases a roundtrip ticket from Bucharest to any other city outside of Romania, giving those from Cluj the same destinations at the same price as those from the capital.[citation needed]
Because of the competition Blue Air met at Cluj Napoca International Airport it decided to end all their services from this airport. Competition came from TAROM on the Cluj-Bucharest route and from TAROM (Madrid and Barcelona) and Wizzair (Barcelona) on the Spain flights.
[edit] Fleet
The Blue Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of June 2008):
| Aircraft | Total | Identification | Notes |
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| Boeing 737-300 | 4 | YR-BAA, YR-BAC, YR-BAF, OM-HLA | one aircraft is operated by Seagle Air |
| Boeing 737-400 | 2 | YR-BAD, YR-BAE | |
| Boeing 737-500 | 1 | YR-BAB | |
| Boeing 737-800 | (2 orders) | To enter fleet in July and December 2008 | |
| Boeing 737-900 | (3 orders) | Order placed on June 5, 2008 | |
| Total Number of Aircraft | 7
(5 orders) |
As of 3 June 2008, the average age of the Blue Air fleet is 16.2 years ([2]).
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ [1] Boeing press release
- ^ Flight International 27 March 2007
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