Blue1 expanding heavily: new aircraft, new destinations
Dec 12, 2005, 2:26 am
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Blue1 expanding heavily: new aircraft, new destinations
Wow, this is great news for us Finnish travellers ^ ^
Blue1 expanding heavily: new aircraft, new destinations
Blue1, the fastest growing airline in Finland, continues its expansion program in connection with the summer traffic program starting March 2006. New aircraft will join the fleet and the amount of destinations will grow from 14 to 25. Blue1 will go heavily in on Europe with daily connections to such destinations as London, Zurich and Warsaw but also with flights to tourist destinations in southern Europe such as Athens, Rome , Nice and Barcelona.
70 % increase in production - three Boeing MD-90
Three Boeing MD-90, with a seating capacity of 166 seats, will join the fleet existing for the time being of 9 Avro RJ:s and 5 Saab 2000. The production, ASK (available seatkilometer) will increase with more than 70 %.
11 new destinations
Blue1 expands on the European market by introducing scheduled flights starting from March 2006 to:
Athens, Barcelona, Dublin, Düsseldorf, London, Madrid, Nice, Paris, Rome, Warsaw and Zurich.
Responding to market needs
"This heavy expansion is our response to the market need", says Stefan Wentjärvi, President and CEO of Blue1. Blue1 is already the biggest operator between Finland and Scandinavia, we have a firm grip of the Finnish domestic market and now our next step is Europe. For business travelers we can now offer better connections to destinations as London and Zurich but we can also offer our private travelers smart and price worthy flights to southern Europe", says Wentjärvi.
Blue1 Corporate Communications
More information:
Tom Christides, V.P. Corporate Communications tel: +358 40 7523131
Blue1, the fastest growing airline in Finland, continues its expansion program in connection with the summer traffic program starting March 2006. New aircraft will join the fleet and the amount of destinations will grow from 14 to 25. Blue1 will go heavily in on Europe with daily connections to such destinations as London, Zurich and Warsaw but also with flights to tourist destinations in southern Europe such as Athens, Rome , Nice and Barcelona.
70 % increase in production - three Boeing MD-90
Three Boeing MD-90, with a seating capacity of 166 seats, will join the fleet existing for the time being of 9 Avro RJ:s and 5 Saab 2000. The production, ASK (available seatkilometer) will increase with more than 70 %.
11 new destinations
Blue1 expands on the European market by introducing scheduled flights starting from March 2006 to:
Athens, Barcelona, Dublin, Düsseldorf, London, Madrid, Nice, Paris, Rome, Warsaw and Zurich.
Responding to market needs
"This heavy expansion is our response to the market need", says Stefan Wentjärvi, President and CEO of Blue1. Blue1 is already the biggest operator between Finland and Scandinavia, we have a firm grip of the Finnish domestic market and now our next step is Europe. For business travelers we can now offer better connections to destinations as London and Zurich but we can also offer our private travelers smart and price worthy flights to southern Europe", says Wentjärvi.
Blue1 Corporate Communications
More information:
Tom Christides, V.P. Corporate Communications tel: +358 40 7523131
Dec 12, 2005, 2:44 am
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Excellent news. And the best part is that Blue1 doesn´t have the p-class. At least for now. I´m very glad I have flown enough on SAS to have status. It´s very hard get points with the lower earnings, but this is great news for us in Finland. Direct star alliance flights to London and Paris. Many others as well.
Dec 12, 2005, 3:00 am
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Originally Posted by Helsinki Flyer
Direct star alliance flights to London and Paris. Many others as well.
Dec 12, 2005, 3:29 am
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Originally Posted by harri
I wonder which airport in London they will start to serve?
cheers,
Henry
Dec 12, 2005, 3:42 am
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Originally Posted by henry999
I wonder which airport(s) in _Finland_ they will serve, with this expanded routemap. It would be nice if we in Tampere could have more than just ARN and CPH.
Dec 12, 2005, 3:47 am
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Originally Posted by harri
I wonder which airport in London they will start to serve? They could go to LCY with their Avro's, which would be great for business people but not good for connecting traffic.
Dec 12, 2005, 3:48 am
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Originally Posted by miikka
I would bet Helsinki ... Tampere probably will not get anything new.
Blue1 suuntaa voimakkaasti Euroopan markkinoille ja aloittaa maaliskuussa 2006 säännölliset lennot Helsingistä seuraaviin Euroopan kaupunkeihin: Ateena, Barcelona, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Lontoo, Madrid, Nizza, Pariisi, Rooma, Varsova ja Zürich.
From my point of view, I just hope the new timetable would have good connections from KUO to these destinations
Dec 12, 2005, 4:45 am
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Great news, especially with the London route!!
With the current inflight service of Blue1 it could actually be worth the effort to fly London-Stockholm via Helsinki, both for the service and the points.
I just hope they won't introduce p-class on Blue1 as well.
With the current inflight service of Blue1 it could actually be worth the effort to fly London-Stockholm via Helsinki, both for the service and the points.
I just hope they won't introduce p-class on Blue1 as well.
Dec 12, 2005, 4:51 am
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Originally Posted by jacob_m
I just hope they won't introduce p-class on Blue1 as well.
If they haven't changed their strategy and opinion then Blue1 will stay as full-service airline.
Dec 12, 2005, 4:55 am
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Originally Posted by jacob_m
Great news, especially with the London route!!
With the current inflight service of Blue1 it could actually be worth the effort to fly London-Stockholm via Helsinki, both for the service and the points.
I just hope they won't introduce p-class on Blue1 as well.
With the current inflight service of Blue1 it could actually be worth the effort to fly London-Stockholm via Helsinki, both for the service and the points.
I just hope they won't introduce p-class on Blue1 as well.
Dec 12, 2005, 7:30 am
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KF will fly into LHR to connect to *A. Full service will remain until AY is still offering full service. LH even offers full service on their routes to HEL from Germany.
Dec 12, 2005, 7:47 am
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Originally Posted by oliver2002
KF will fly into LHR to connect to *A. Full service will remain until AY is still offering full service. LH even offers full service on their routes to HEL from Germany.
I hope for you it will be LGW.
Last edited by Volvic; Dec 12, 2005 at 7:51 am