Bluebird Airways
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Founded | 2008 Heraklion, Crete, Greece | ||||||
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Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
Destinations | 11 | ||||||
Website | www |
Bluebird Airways is an airline with its head office on the property of Heraklion International Airport in Heraklion, Greece.[3]
History
Bluebird Airways is a Greek airline, established in 2008 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece and is mainly involved in the transportation of passengers and cargo from Tel Aviv according to schedule and charter flights.
Destinations
Country | City | Airport | Notes |
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Bulgaria | Burgas | Burgas Airport | Seasonal |
Czech Republic | Prague | Václav Havel Airport Prague | Seasonal |
Cyprus | Larnaca | Larnaca International Airport | Seasonal |
Greece | Athens | Athens International Airport | Seasonal |
Greece | Heraklion | Heraklion International Airport | Hub |
Greece | Mykonos | Mykonos International Airport | Seasonal |
Greece | Kos | Kos International Airport | Seasonal |
Greece | Rhodes | Rhodes International Airport | Seasonal |
Greece | Thessaloniki | Thessaloniki International Airport | Seasonal |
Hungary | Budapest | Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport | Seasonal |
Israel | Tel Aviv | Ben Gurion Airport | Focus city |
Italy | Rome | Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport | Seasonal |
Italy | Verona | Verona Villafranca Airport | Seasonal |
Romania | Bucharest | Henri Coandă International Airport | Seasonal |
Spain | Barcelona | Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport |
Fleet
Current Fleet
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The Bluebird Airways fleet includes the following aircraft as of August 2019:[4][5]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |
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Boeing 737-300 | 3 | — | 148 | ||
Boeing 737-800 | 2 | — | 189 | ||
Total | 5 | — |
Fleet development
In 2013, Bluebird Airways added MD83 YR-HBH (170Y), MD82 YR-MDK (160Y), MD82 YR-OTN (160Y), to its fleet on wet-lease, in order to operate seasonal scheduled flights. On 26 July 2016, Bluebird Airways added Boeing 737-3Y0 9H-TAS to its fleet. In September the plane made its first flights from Heraklion to Tel-Aviv and back. In July 2017, Bluebird Airways added Boeing 737-33A 9H-NOA to its fleet.
References
- ^ "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "CONTRACTIONS FAA JO 7340.2". faa.gov. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Contact Archived 2012-09-20 at WebCite." () Bluebird Airways. Retrieved on 19 September 2012. "Offices: Heraklion International Airport "N.Kazantzakis" - Address in Greek Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine: "Γραφεία: Κρατικός αερολιμένας Ηρακλείου Νίκος Καζαντζάκης"
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019(Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 15.
- ^ http://www.bluebirdair.com/fleet
External links
Media related to Bluebird Airways at Wikimedia Commons