- Atlas Blue
Infobox_Airline
airline=Atlas Blue
logo=Atlas_Blue_Logo_2.jpg
logo_size=177px
fleet_size=10 (April 2008)
destinations=23
IATA=8A
ICAO=BMM
callsign=ATLAS BLUE
parent=Royal Air Maroc
founded=2004
headquarters=Marrakech ,Morocco
key_people=Driss Benhima
alliance=
hubs=
focus cities=Ménara International Airport
frequent_flyer=
lounge=
website= http://www.atlas-blue.comAtlas Blue is a low-cost airline based in
Marrakech ,Morocco . It is a subsidiary ofRoyal Air Maroc and operates charter and scheduled services to destinations in Europecite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work=Flight International | page= 80 | date= 2007-03-27] . Its main base isMenara International Airport ,Marrakech .History
The airline was established on
28 May 2004 and started operations on26 July 2004 , with charter operations toFrance using a single Boeing 737-400. Another 5 Boeing 737-400s were transferred from Royal Air Maroc to expand services toBelgium ,Germany ,Italy and theUnited Kingdom [Airways magazine, April 2005] . Atlas Blue is owned by Royal Air Maroc (99.99%) and private investors (0.01%) and has 167 employees.Destinations
Atlas Blue operates the following services (at March 2008) [ [http://www.atlas-blue.com/en/destinations.php Atlas Blue website] ] :
Africa
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Morocco
**Al Hoceima (Cherif Al Idrissi Airport )1
**Fes (Saïss Airport )2
**Marrakech (Menara International Airport )3
**Nador (Nador International Airport )4
**Oujda (Angads Airport )5
**Tangier (Ibn Batouta International Airport )6Europe
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Belgium
**Brussels (Brussels Airport )123456
*Germany
**Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Airport )4
**Frankfurt (Frankfurt Airport )4
*France
**Basel /Mulhouse (EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg )3
**Bordeaux (Bordeaux - Mérignac Airport )3
**Brest (Bretagne Airport )3
**Lille (Lesquin Airport )3
**Lyons (Saint-Exupéry Airport )3
**Marseilles (Provence Airport )23
**Nantes (Atlantique Airport )3
**Nice (Côte d'Azur Airport )3
**Paris (Charles de Gaulle Airport )56
**Paris (Orly Airport )3
**Toulouse (Blagnac Airport )3
*Republic of Ireland
**Dublin (Dublin Airport )
*Italy
**Bologna (Bologna Airport )3
**Milan (Malpensa Airport )3
*The Netherlands
**Amsterdam (Amsterdam Airport Schiphol )156
*Spain
**Barcelona (Barcelona Airport )36
**Madrid (Barajas Airport )36
*Switzerland
**Geneva (Cointrin Airport )3
*United Kingdom
**London (Gatwick Airport )3
**London (Heathrow Airport )6Fleet
As of October 2007 the Atlas Blue fleet includes :
*4 Airbus A321-200
*6 Boeing 737-400
*1 Boeing 737-500Atlas Blue intends to increase its fleet from 9 to 24 aircraft by 2012 and has announced a tender for new aircraft.
Airbus appears "well positioned" in bidding for the contract [ [http://www.atlas-blue.com/en/apropos_comp.php [Atlas Blue : cheap air flight ticket Marrakech Marocco - Online booking ] ]External links
* [http://www.atlas-blue.com/ Atlas Blue]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=ATB&al_op=1 Atlas Blue Fleet]References
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