BLUE1

'Blue1' 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. First destination was Oulu, later came Kuopio, Rovaniemi and Vaasa.
It became the first regional member of Star Alliance on 3 November 2004. In 2006 the airline opened up new routes to 11 European destinations.

Destinations

An Avro RJ85 parked at Turku Airport.

Fleet

The Blue1 fleet includes the following aircraft as of April 2007:

Blue1 Fleet
Type	Total	Passengers (Business/Extra/Economy)	Routes	Notes
Avro RJ85ER	7	84	Short - medium range	OH-SAP is the last built British Airliner (so far)
Avro RJ100ER	2	99	Short - medium range	OH-SAN is the last built RJ-100
McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30	3	166	Medium range	Ex SAS aircrafts

Retired fleet

Blue1 / Air Botnia retired fleet
Type	Years	Routes	Notes
Saab 2000	2001-2006
Fokker F28	1998-2001
Saab 340	1998-2001
British Aerospace Jetstream 31	1993-1998
Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante	1987-1993
Cessna 402	1987-1988

Cabin

Domestic

; One class
: sandwiches and drinks are available for purchase from "Cafe1".

Flights to Scandinavia

; Economy Class
: sandwiches and drinks are available for purchase from "Cafe1".
: on short flights to Sweden; cinamon roll and coffee is served free of charge.
; Economy Extra
: fast-track at the Security at some European airports, a three-course cold meal or cold breakfast is served.

Europe

''until September 19, 2007''
; Economy Class
: Breakfast, sandwiches and drinks are available for purchase from "Cafe1".
; Business
: fast-track at the Security at some European airports and lounge access, a three-course hot meal or cold breakfast is served.
''from September 20, 2007''
; Economy Class
: sandwiches and drinks are available for purchase from "Cafe1".
: on short flights to Sweden; cinamon roll and coffee is served free of charge.
; Economy Extra
: fast-track at the 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

External links

★ Blue1

★ Blue1 Fleet

References

1. Flight International 27 March 2007

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