Blu-express
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| Founded | 3 September 1998 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 9 | ||||||
| Destinations | 39 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Fiumicino, Rome, Italy | ||||||
| Key people | Franco Pecci, Chairman | ||||||
| Website | blue-panorama.com | ||||||
Blue Panorama Airlines S.p.A. is an Italian airline headquartered in Fiumicino operating scheduled and charter flights from Italy - especially Rome-Fiumicino and Milan-Malpensa - to various international destinations.Blu-express is the brand name for low-cost short and medium range flights operated by Blue Panorama. Additional business charter flights are operated under the name Executive Blue.
Blue Panorama is a private Italian airline operating intercontinental, international and national charter and scheduled flights. It was founded in Rome in 1998, and has been an IATA member since 2002 (BV IATA code). The company is based in Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport, Rome, and in Malpensa Airport, Milan.
Since 2005, Blue Panorama Airlines' Boeing 737 fleet has operated national and international flights for the Blu-Express low-cost division.
In January 2012, Alitalia declared interest in a merger with Blue Panorama, as well as with Wind Jet, another Italian airline. In April 2012 Alitalia decided not to proceed with the acquisitions. In October 2012, Blue Panorama entered bankruptcy protection. This license gave the airline the ability to restructure itself.
On 25 November 2013, Blu-express started flights from Italy to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza after Belle Air ceased operations there.
In January 2014, Blue Panorama Airlines requested to be admitted to extraordinary administration procedure and the abandonment of the composition procedure in continuity. The management of the airline is left to the company’s founder. Blue Panorama confirmed that company business and flights are fully operational.
Blue Panorama Airlines codeshares with the following airlines:
As of July 2016, the Blue Panorama fleet includes the following aircraft:
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