Blue1

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<tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFFFFF;">Image:KFlogo.gif</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Hubs</th><td>Helsinki-Vantaa Airport</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Focus cities / secondary hubs</th><td>Stockholm-Arlanda Airport</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Frequent flyer program</th><td>EuroBonus</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Member lounge</th><td>Scandinavian Lounge</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Alliance</th><td>Star Alliance</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Parent company</th><td>SAS AB</td></tr>

Blue1
IATA KF	ICAO BLF	Callsign Bluefinn
Founded		1987
Fleet size		20
Destinations		26
Headquarters		Image:Flag of Finland.svg Helsinki, Finland
Key people		Stefan Wentjärvi (CEO)
Website: http://www.blue1.com/

Blue1 is an airline based in Helsinki, Finland. It is a regional airline feeding into the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) network via Stockholm 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 Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen and Stockholm-Arlanda Airport.

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Fleet
4 External links

[edit] 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.

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[edit] Fleet

The Blue1 fleet includes the following aircraft:

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Members of the Star Alliance

Air Canada • Air New Zealand • ANA • Asiana Airlines • Austrian Airlines • bmi
LOT Polish Airlines • Lufthansa • Scandinavian Airlines • Singapore Airlines • South African Airways
Spanair • Swiss • TAP Portugal • Thai Airways • United Airlines • US Airways • Varig

Regional members: Adria Airways • Blue1 • Croatia Airlines
Future members: Air China • Shanghai Airlines * Turkish Airlines
Former members: Ansett Australia • Mexicana

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Air Åland \| Air Finland \| Blue1 \| Copterline \| Finnair \| Finncomm Airlines</small>

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