Blue Panorama Airlines
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| Founded | December 26, 1998 | |||
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| Hubs | Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport (Rome) Malpensa Airport (Milan) |
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| Focus cities | Guglielmo Marconi Airport (Bologna) | |||
| Fleet size | 14 (+12 orders) | |||
| Destinations | 8 | |||
| Headquarters | Fiumicino, Italy | |||
| Key people | Franco Pecci (Chairman) | |||
| Website | www.blue-panorama.com | |||
Blue Panorama Airlines S.p.A. is an airline based in Fiumicino, Italy.[1] It is a private airline operating scheduled and charter flights from Italy to various international destinations. Its main bases are Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport, Rome, for the Blu-express flights and Malpensa Airport, Milan for the short, medium and long range charter and scheduled flights.[2]
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[edit] History
The airline was established in 1998 by Franco Pecci and started operations in December 1998. It is owned by Distal & Itr Group (66.6%) and Franco Pecci (33.4%).[3] It operates the low-cost airline Blu-express as a division, which is completely owned by Franco Pecci.
On 25 January 2012, Alitalia declared they would start a merger with Blue Panorama, as well as with Wind Jet, another Italian airline.[4]
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Blue Panorama Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:
[edit] Destinations
Main article: Blue Panorama Airlines destinations
[edit] Fleet
The Blue Panorama fleet includes the following aircraft (as of June 2011):[5][6]
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| J | Y | Total | ||||
| Boeing 737-300 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 148 | Blu-express division |
| Boeing 737-400 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 167 | |
| Boeing 757-200 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 186 | 196 | |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 4 | 0 | 12 | 264 | 276 | |
| Sukhoi Superjet 100-95 | 0 | 8 | TBA | Options for 4 more | ||
| Piaggio P.180 Avanti | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Used for VIP service Executive Blue |
| Total | 14 | 8 | ||||
As of June 2011, the Blue Panorama Airlines fleet age was 15.9 years old.[7]
[edit] Trivia
Both the airline's Boeing 767 and 757 are seen in John Legend's music video for Show Me.
[edit] References
- ^ "Contact Us". Blue Panorama Airlines. 2011. http://www.blue-panorama.com/eng/contact.htm. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 87. 2007-03-27.
- ^ Blue Panorama is part of the Distal Group
- ^ Alitalia plans merger with Blue Panorama and Wind Jet Flightglobal; retrieved on 26 January 2012.
- ^ "Our Fleet". Blue Panorama Airlines. 2011. http://www.blue-panorama.com/eng/flotta.htm. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- ^ "Blue Panorama Airlines". CH-Aviation. 2011. http://ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=BV&al_op=1. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- ^ "Fleet Age Blue Panorama Airlines". Airfleets.net. 2011. http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/Blue%20Panorama%20Airlines.htm. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
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