Blue Panorama Airlines
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| Founded | 3 September 1998 | |||
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| Fleet size | 10 | |||
| Destinations | 39 | |||
| Headquarters | Fiumicino, Rome, Italy | |||
| Key people | Franco Pecci, Chairman | |||
| Website | blue-panorama.com | |||
Blue Panorama Airlines S.p.A. is an Italian private airline founded in 1998 in Rome, operating scheduled and charter flights from Italy - especially Rome-Fiumicino and Milan-Malpensa - to various international destinations.[3] Blu-express is the brand name for low-cost short and medium range flights operated by Blue Panorama.[4] Additional business charter flights are operated under the name Executive Blue.[5]
History
Blue Panorama is a private Italian airline operating intercontinental, international and national charter and scheduled flights.[6][7] It was founded in Rome in 1998,[8] and has been an IATA member since 2002 (BV IATA code).[9][10] The company is based in Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport, Rome, and in Malpensa Airport, Milan.
Since 2005, Blue Panorama Airlines' Boeing 737 fleet has operated national and international flights for the Blu-Express low-cost division.[11]
In January 2012, Alitalia declared interest in a merger with Blue Panorama, as well as with Wind Jet, another Italian airline.[12][13][14][15][16][17] In April 2012 Alitalia decided not to proceed with the acquisitions.[18][19] In October 2012, Blue Panorama entered bankruptcy protection.[20][21] This license gave the airline the ability to restructure itself.[22][23][24]
On 25 November 2013, Blu-express started flights from Italy to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza after Belle Air ceased operations there.[25][26]
In January 2014, Blue Panorama Airlines requested to be admitted to extraordinary administration procedure and the abandonment of the composition procedure in continuity.[27] The management of the airline is left to the company’s founder. Blue Panorama confirmed that company business and flights are fully operational.[28]
Destinations
These destinations are served by Blue Panorama Airlines and Blu-express as of 1 May 2014
| [Hub] | Hub |
| [Focus] | Focus Airport |
| [F] | Future destination |
| [S] | Seasonal |
| [charter] | Seasonal charter |
| [T] | Terminated destination |
Codeshare agreements
Blue Panorama Airlines maintains a codeshare agreement with Meridiana.
Fleet
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The Blue Panorama fleet includes the following aircraft (as of October 2014):[29][30]
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| C | Y | Total | ||||
| Boeing 737-300 | 3 | — | 0 | 148 | 148 | mainly used under the blu-express low-cost brand |
| Boeing 737-400 | 1 | — | 0 | 168 | 168 | mainly used under the blu-express low-cost brand |
| Boeing 737-500 | 1 | — | 0 | 128 | 128 | mainly used under the blu-express low-cost brand |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 2 | — | 18 | 241 | 259 | |
| 1 | 20 | 214 | 234 | |||
| Piaggio P.180 Avanti | 1 | — | 7 | 0 | 7 | used for Executive Blue business charters |
| 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Total | 10 | — | ||||
Trivia
- Both the airline's Boeing 767 and 757 are seen in John Legend's music video for Show Me.
References
- ↑ "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ↑ "Elenco delle imprese titolari di licenza di trasporto aereo". enac.gov.it. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ↑ Blue Panorama Airlines
- ↑ Airline Information Blu-express
- ↑ fonte: Executive Blue web site
- ↑ Profile Blue Panorama Airlines
- ↑ Blu Express airline
- ↑ Blue Panorama Airlines information
- ↑ IATA current airline members
- ↑ Blue Panorama airlines information
- ↑ Blu Express to start in Rome-Moscow service
- ↑ Alitalia plans merger with Blue Panorama and Wind Jet
- ↑ Alitalia to merge with Wind Jet and Blue Panorama Airlines
- ↑ The integration of Blue Panorama, Wind Jet and Alitalia
- ↑ Alitalia, Blue Panorama and Wind Jet plan to merge
- ↑ Alitalia moves ahead with a merger with Blue Panorama and Wind Jet
- ↑ Alitalia plans merger with Blue Panorama and Wind Jet
- ↑ Integration of Wind Jet operations with Alitalia receives Board approval
- ↑ Alitalia will integrate Wind Jet: operation approved
- ↑ Italy’s Blue Panorama enters bankruptcy protection
- ↑ Blue Panorama filed for bankruptcy protection
- ↑ Blue Panorama Airlines enters into bankruptcy protection and reorganization
- ↑ Blue Panorama filed for bankruptcy protection
- ↑ Blue Panorama applies for bankruptcy protection, continues operations
- ↑ Albania, Belle Air stops flights
- ↑ Belle Air ceases operations
- ↑ Blue Panorama confirms business continuity and that its flights are fully operational
- ↑ Blue Panorama Airlines enters administration, in negotiations with an 'international investor'
- ↑ "Our Fleet". Blue Panorama Airlines. 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ↑ "Blue Panorama Airlines". CH-Aviation. 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
External links
Media related to Blue Panorama Airlines at Wikimedia Commons
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