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| Founded | 1987 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Helsinki-Vantaa Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Stockholm-Arlanda Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | EuroBonus | ||||||
| Alliance | Star Alliance | ||||||
| Fleet size | 13 | ||||||
| Destinations | 26 | ||||||
| Parent company | Oy Nordair AB | ||||||
| Headquarters | Helsinki, Finland | ||||||
| Key people | Stefan Wentjärvi (CEO) Mats Jansson (CEO SAS Group) | ||||||
| Website | http://www.blue1.com/ | ||||||
Blue1 Oy is an airline based in Helsinki, Finland. It is a regional airline feeding into the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) network via Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen from five cities in Finland. It also operates services from Helsinki to domestic destinations as well as to several cities in Europe. Its main base is Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, with hubs at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport[1].
History
The airline was established in 1987 and started operations in 1988 as Air Botnia. It was purchased by SAS in January 1998. In January 2004, when the first low cost regional airline in Finland, Flying Finn went bankrupt, the airline was rebranded as Blue1. It started flights within a few months to the most profitable destinations of Flying Finn. The first destination was Oulu, later came Kuopio, Rovaniemi and Vaasa. [citation needed]
Blue1 became the first regional member of Star Alliance on 3 November 2004. In 2006 the airline opened up new routes to 11 European destinations[1].
Destinations
- Denmark
- Finland
- Helsinki (Helsinki-Vantaa Airport)
- Kittilä (Kittilä Airport)
McDonnell Douglas MD-90 - Kuopio (Kuopio Airport)
- Kuusamo (Kuusamo Airport) [starts February 11, 2009]
- Oulu (Oulu Airport)
- Rovaniemi (Rovaniemi Airport)
- Tampere (Tampere-Pirkkala Airport)
- Turku (Turku Airport
- Vaasa (Vaasa Airport)
- France
- Nice (Nice - Côte d'Azur Airport)
- Paris (Charles de Gaulle Airport)
Avro RJ85 parked at Turku
- Germany
- Hamburg (Hamburg Airport) [ends September 15, 2008]
- Greece
- Italy
- Norway
- Poland
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
Fleet
The Blue1 fleet includes the following aircraft as of February 2008:
| Type | Total | Passengers (Economy Extra/Economy) |
Routes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avro RJ85 | 5 | 84 | Short– medium range | |
| Avro RJ100 | 1 | 99 | Short– medium range | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 | 5 | 166 | Medium range |
The airliner plans to sell three of its Avro aircraft and obtain one more MD-90, in line with its planned focus on the domestic market in Finland.
Retired fleet
| Type | Years | Routes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saab 2000 | 2001-2006 | ||
| Fokker F28 | 1998-2001 | ||
| Saab 340 | 1998-2001 | ||
| British Aerospace Jetstream 32 | 1993-1998 | ||
| Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante | 1987-1993 | ||
| Cessna 402 | 1987-1988 |
Cabin
- Economy Class
- Sandwiches and drinks are available for purchase from "Cafe1".
- On short flights to Sweden; cinamon roll and coffee is served free.
- Economy Extra
- Fast-track security at some European airports, lounge access to passengers travelling in C,D and J classes, a three-course cold meal or cold breakfast is served
References
- ^ a b Flight International 27 March 2007
