Bluebird Cargo

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Bluebird Cargo
Bluebird Cargo logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
BF BBD BLUE CARGO[1]
Founded 2000
Hubs Keflavík International Airport[2]
Focus cities Cologne Bonn Airport[2]
Fleet size 6
Destinations 2 (scheduled)
Parent company Icelandair Group[3]
Headquarters Reykjavík, Iceland
Key people Thor Kjartansson (CEO)[3]
Website http://www.bluebirdcargo.com/

Bluebird Cargo is a cargo airline based in Reykjavík, Iceland, operating scheduled and chartered cargo services to and from Iceland and within Europe out of its base at Keflavík International Airport, with a special focus on Cologne Bonn Airport as a freight hub.[2]

History

Boeing 737-300 in 2005
File:Bluebird Cargo 737-3Y0F.jpg
Boeing 737-300 in 2004

The airline was established in 2000 and started operations in March 2001. It was founded by a group of Icelandic individuals with a strong background in aviation and air cargo. Operations began with daily freighter services between Iceland, UK and Germany with a single Boeing 737-300 freighter. It was wholly owned by Icelandair Group[3] until 2010 and (as of 2007) had 63 employees.[2]

Destinations

Bluebird Cargo operates freight services to the following international scheduled destinations (as of May 2012):

Belgium
Germany
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Slovenia
Canada

Estonia Tallinn lennart meri airport

Fleet

As of November 2015, the Bluebird Cargo fleet consists of the following aircraft:[4]

Bluebird Cargo fleet
Aircraft In Service
Boeing 737-300F
4
Boeing 737-400F
2

References

  1. Airline Codes
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  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Icelandic Conversion", Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 8, 2007.
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