Bluebird Airways

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Bluebird Airways
Bluebird Airways Logo.png
IATA ICAO Call sign
BZ [1] BBG [2] BLUEBIRD
Founded2008 (2008)
Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Operating basesHeraklion
Focus cities
Fleet size4
Destinations11
Website www.bluebirdair.com

Bluebird Airways is an international airline headquartered in Heraklion International Airport in Heraklion, Greece. [3]

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History

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

CountryCityAirportNotes
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Vienna Vienna International Airport
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Burgas Burgas Airport Seasonal
Sofia Vasil Levski Sofia Airport
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Larnaca Larnaca International Airport
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Prague Václav Havel Airport Prague
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Athens Athens International Airport Focus city
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 Seasonal
Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport Seasonal
Zakynthos Zakynthos International Airport Seasonal
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Budapest Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport Focus city [4]
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Bergamo Orio al Serio International Airport Begins 8 April 2025 [4]
Rome Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport
Verona Verona Villafranca Airport Seasonal
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Warsaw Warsaw Chopin Airport Begins 30 March 2025 [5]
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport Seasonal
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Barcelona Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

Bluebird Airways Boeing 737-800 Bluebird12.jpg
Bluebird Airways Boeing 737-800

The Bluebird Airways fleet includes the following aircraft as of August 2022: [6]

Bluebird Airways fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
Boeing 737-800 4—189
Total4—

Fleet development

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.

Currently, Bluebird Airways operates four Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft, with plans for further expansion in the near future to enhance its fleet capacity and operational efficiency.

References

  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. 1 2 Liu, Jim (12 February 2025). "Blue Bird Airways Adds Tel Aviv – Milan Bergamo in NS25". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  5. ↑ יעיש, שמעון (27 February 2025). "בלו בירד מודיעה: נפעיל טיסות ישירות ליעד חדש". www.israelhayom.co.il (in Hebrew). Israel Hayom. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Bluebird Airways Fleet Details and History". 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
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