Blue Panorama Airlines

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Blue Panorama Airlines
Luke Air
Blue Panorama Airlines Logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
BV [1] BPA [2] BLUE PANORAMA
Founded3 September 1998
Commenced operations26 December 1998
Ceased operationsDecember 2022
Focus cities
Fleet size2
Destinations5
Headquarters Fiumicino, Rome, Italy
Key peopleLuca Patanè (President)
Net income €2.7 Million (2018)
Employees624 (2020)
Website www.blue-panorama.com

Blue Panorama Airlines S.p.A. was [4] an Italian airline headquartered in Fiumicino operating scheduled and charter flights mostly to domestic and international leisure destinations. [5] As of late 2021, the airline was in the process to change its brand name to Luke Air [6] also retiring their former Blu-express [7] brand used for domestic and short-haul destinations. Additional business charter flights used to be operated under the name Executive Blue. [8] As of late October 2021, it suspended all operations until further notice [9] and was subsequently liquidated in late 2022. [4]

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History

Blue Panorama Airlines

Blue Panorama is a private Italian airline operating intercontinental, international, and national charter and scheduled flights. [7] [10] It was founded in Rome in 1998 by Franco Pecci, [5] and has been an IATA member since 2002 (IATA code BV). [11] [12] Since 2005, Blue Panorama Airlines' Boeing 737 fleet has operated national and international flights for the Blu-Express low-cost division. [13]

In 2012, Alitalia declared interest in a merger with Blue Panorama, as well as with Wind Jet, another Italian airline, [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] but decided not to proceed with the acquisitions. [20] [21] In October 2012, Blue Panorama entered bankruptcy protection. [22] [23] This license gave the airline the ability to restructure itself. [24] [25] [26] On 25 November 2013, Blu-express started flights from Italy to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza after Belle Air ceased operations there. [27] [28]

In January 2014, Blue Panorama Airlines requested to be admitted to extraordinary administration procedure and the abandonment of the composition procedure in continuity. [29] The management of the airline is left to the company's founder. Blue Panorama confirmed that company business and flights are fully operational. [30]

In 2018 the airline came under fire as it has been the policy of Blue Panorama Airlines to charge significant fees to passengers for minor name changes. [31]

Luke Air

In October 2019, the airline announced it would be changing its name to Luke Air by the end of 2019, revealing a new yellow-blue livery on an Airbus A330-200 which was then due to be delivered. [32] On 7 March 2020, the first A330-200 was delivered. However, the rebranding had yet to take place. In late 2020, Blue Panorama retired their last Boeing 767-300ER. [33] In January 2021, it was announced that the rebrand will go ahead. [34] As of September 2021, the airline's official website had its content changed to Luke Air operated by Blue Panorama Airlines. [6]

On 27 October 2021, the airline announced the suspension of all flights stating financial difficulties in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Blue Panorama went through recurring restructuring proceedings in recent years. [9] Shortly after, it filed for bankruptcy protection. [35] In June 2022, it has been reported that the grounded airline retired both of their Airbus A330-200s leaving them without long-haul capable aircraft. [36]

In December 2022, it has been announced that the airline will be liquidated and not resume operations. [4]

Destinations

A former Blue Panorama Boeing 737-400 Boeing 737-4K5, Blue Panorama Airlines JP6971141.jpg
A former Blue Panorama Boeing 737-400
A former Blue Panorama Boeing 757-200 Blue Panorama 757 EI-DNA.jpg
A former Blue Panorama Boeing 757-200
A former Blue Panorama Boeing 767-300ER Boeing 767-3G5(ER), Blue Panorama Airlines JP6518777.jpg
A former Blue Panorama Boeing 767-300ER

Blue Panorama operated a network of Italian domestic destinations branded as blu-express as well as long-haul leisure flights mainly around the Caribbean.

Codeshare agreements

Blue Panorama Airlines maintained Codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

Fleet

As of November 2022, the Blue Panorama fleet no longer included any aircraft. The following types have been operated before: [33]

Blue Panorama Airlines former fleet
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
Airbus A330-200 220192022 [36]
ATR 72-200 120152015leased from Avanti Air [33]
Boeing 737-300 220002000leased from Sterling European Airlines [33]
220022003leased from Ukraine International Airlines [33]
120152020
Boeing 737-400 1619992020some leased from Air Horizont and Hapag-Lloyd Flug [33]
Boeing 737-500 120132016
Boeing 737-800 1020002022
Boeing 757-200 220052012
Boeing 767-300ER 1020022020
Piaggio P.180 Avanti 320092014Operated under the Executive Blue brand.

Accidents and incidents

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