- Blue Air
Infobox_Airline
airline=Blue Air
logo=BlueAir logo.png
IATA= 0B | ICAO=JOR
callsign= BLUE TRANSPORT
parent=Blue Air Transport Aerian S.A.
founded=2004
headquarters=Bucharest ,Romania
key_people= Gheorghe Răcaru (President andCEO )
hubs=Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
focus_cities=Arad International Airport ,Bacău International Airport
frequent_flyer=
lounge=
alliance=
fleet_size=7 (+ 5 orders, + 2 options [ [http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2008/q1/080205a_nr.html] Boeing press release] )
destinations=24
website= http://www.blueair-web.comBlue Air is a
low-cost airline based inBucharest ,Romania . It started operations in December2004 and operates services to European destinations. Its main base isAurel Vlaicu International Airport , Bucharest's smaller airport, also known as Bucharest BăneasaFlight International 27 March 2007] .Destinations
At its founding, it also operated a domestic
Bucharest -Timişoara flight, though this was discontinued inMarch 2005 due to low demand and competition fromTAROM as well as rail travel. Blue Air began domestic flights toCluj Napoca International Airport fromBucharest on29 October 2006 , operated with aBoeing 737 . The newest Blue Air destination isMalaga in Spain. Now in 2008 Blue Air operates scheduled flights to the following destinations:- Italy: Turin(Cuneo), Venice(Treviso), Verona(Villafranca),Bologna(Marconi) and Rome(Fiumicino)- Spain: Madrid(Barajas), Valencia(Manises), Barcelona(El Prat), Malaga- France: Paris(Beauvis), Lyon(St. Exupery)- Germany: Cologne(Bonn), Stuttgart, Berlin(Schonefeld)- Cyprus: Larnaka - Great Britain: London(Stansted)Usual charter destinations flown by Blue Air are: - Greece: Rhodos, Iraklion and Corfu- Turkey: Bodrum and AntalyaThe company was one of the cheapest air carrier as ofNovember 2006 to service Bucharest and other Romanian cities (until other air carriers likeWizz Air ,Germanwings ,MyAir orEasy Jet started to operate inRomania ). It frequently offers deals on well-traveled routes whereby one can purchase tickets to major European cities in a fairly open window of time for only 1 or 2 euros plus tax. Blue Air offers free tickets from Cluj to Bucharest and back if one purchases a roundtrip ticket from Bucharest to any other city outside of Romania, giving those from Cluj the same destinations at the same price as those from the capital. Fact|date=March 2007Because of the competition Blue Air met at
Cluj Napoca International Airport it decided to end all their services from this airport. Competition came fromTAROM (Bucharest, Madrid and Barcelona) andWizz Air (Barcelona) on the Spain flights.Fleet
The Blue Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of
8 September 2008 ) [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=BLR&al_op=1] :As of
8 September 2008 , the average age of the Blue Air fleet is 16.5 years ( [http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/Blue%20Air.htm] ).See also
*
Aviation in Romania
*Transport in Romania External links
* [http://www.blueair-web.com Blue Air]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=BLR&al_op=1 Blue Air Fleet Detail]
* [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?&airlinesearch=Blue%20Air&nr_of_rows=28&first_this_page=0&page_limit=15&sort_order=photo_id+DESC&nr_pages=2 Photos]References
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