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Bluebird Airways

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Bluebird Airways
IATA ICAO Call sign
BZ[1] BBG[2] BLUEBIRD
Founded2008 (2008)
Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Operating basesHeraklion
Focus cities
Fleet size5
Destinations11
Websitewww.bluebirdair.com

Bluebird Airways is an airline with its head office on the property of Heraklion International Airport in Heraklion, Greece.[3]

History

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Bluebird Airways is a Greek airline, established in 2008 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. It is mainly involved in the transportation of passengers and cargo from Tel Aviv according to schedule and charter flights.

Destinations

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Country City Airport Notes Notes
 Austria Vienna Vienna International Airport [4]
 Bulgaria Burgas Burgas Airport Seasonal
Sofia Sofia International Airport [4]
 Cyprus Larnaca Larnaca International Airport [4]
 Czech Republic Prague Václav Havel Airport Prague [4]
 Greece Athens Athens International Airport [4]
Heraklion Heraklion International Airport Hub
Mykonos Mykonos International Airport Seasonal
Kos Kos International Airport Seasonal
Rhodes Rhodes International Airport Seasonal
Santorini Santorini (Thira) International Airport
Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport Seasonal
Zakynthos Zakynthos International Airport
 Hungary Budapest Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport [4]
 Israel Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport Focus city [4]
 Italy Rome Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport
Verona Verona Villafranca Airport Seasonal
 Romania Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport Seasonal
 Spain Barcelona Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport [4]
 Turkey Istanbul Istanbul Airport Future

Fleet

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Current fleet

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Bluebird Airways Boeing 737-400

The Bluebird Airways fleet includes the following aircraft as of August 2022: [5]

Bluebird Airways fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Boeing 737-300 3 148
Boeing 737-800 2 189
Total 5

Fleet development

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In 2013, Bluebird Airways added MD83 YR-HBH (170Y), MD82 YR-MDK (160Y), MD82 YR-OTN (160Y), to its fleet on wet-lease, in order to operate seasonal scheduled flights. On 26 July 2016, Bluebird Airways added Boeing 737-3Y0 9H-TAS to its fleet. In September the plane made its first flights from Heraklion to Tel-Aviv and back. In July 2017, Bluebird Airways added Boeing 737-33A 9H-NOA to its fleet.

References

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  1. ^ "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. ^ "CONTRACTIONS FAA JO 7340.2". faa.gov. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Contact Archived 2012-09-20 at WebCite." () Bluebird Airways. Retrieved on 19 September 2012. "Offices: Heraklion International Airport "N.Kazantzakis" - Address in Greek Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine: "Γραφεία: Κρατικός αερολιμένας Ηρακλείου Νίκος Καζαντζάκης"
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h קוטלר, עמית (22 October 2024). "החל מ-59$ לכיוון, 198$ לטיסת הלוך ושוב: מבצעי החזרה לישראל של Blue Bird". פספורטניוז (in Hebrew). PassportNews. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Bluebird Airways Fleet Details and History". 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
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