Bluebird Cargo

Bluebird Cargo

IATA BF ICAO BBD Callsign BLUE CARGO [1]
Founded	2000
Hubs	Keflavík International Airport[2]
Focus cities	Cologne Bonn Airport[2]
Fleet size	6
Destinations	2 (scheduled)
Parent company	Icelandair Group[3]
Headquarters	Reykjavík, Iceland
Key people	Thor Kjartansson (CEO)[3]
Website	http://www.bluebirdcargo.com/

Bluebird Cargo is a cargo airline based in Reykjavík, Iceland, operating scheduled and chartered cargo services to and from Iceland and within Europe out of its base at Keflavík International Airport, with a special focus on Cologne Bonn Airport as a freight hub.^[2]

History

Boeing 737-300 in 2005

Boeing 737-300 in 2004

The airline was established in 2000 and started operations in March 2001. It was founded by a group of Icelandic individuals with a strong background in aviation and air cargo. Operations began with daily freighter services between Iceland, UK and Germany with a single Boeing 737-300 freighter. It was wholly owned by Icelandair Group^[3] until 2010 and (as of 2007) had 63 employees.^[2]

Destinations

Bluebird Cargo operates freight services to the following international scheduled destinations (as of May 2012):

 Belgium

• Liège - Liège Airport

 Germany

• Cologne - Cologne/Bonn Airport
• Leipzig - Leipzig/Halle Airport

 Iceland

• Reykjavík - Keflavík International Airport Hub

 Italy

• Bologna - Marco Polo Airport
• Catania - Fontanarossa Airport
• Rome - Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport

Slevenia

• (( Ljubljana) - (Letališče Brnik, Jožeta Pučnika)

Fleet

As of February 2013, the Bluebird Cargo fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 21.2 years:^[4]

References

External links

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• Official website