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Blue Panorama Airlines
IATA
BV
ICAO
BPA
Callsign
BLUE PANORAMA
Founded 1998
Hubs Malpensa International Airport
Focus cities Leonardo da Vinci Int'l Airport
Guglielmo Marconi Int'l Airport
Fleet size 11 (+4 orders; + 2 options)
Destinations 11 (2008)
Headquarters Rome, Italy
Key people Franco Pecci, Chairman
Website Blue Panorama

Blue Panorama Airlines S.p.A. is an airline based in Rome, Italy. It is a private airline operating scheduled and charter flights from Italy to various international destinations. Its main bases are Leonardo da Vinci Airport, Rome, for the Blue Express Airlines and Malpensa International Airport, Milan for the short, medium and long range charter and scheduled flights.[1]

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[edit] History

The airline was established in 1998 by Franco Pecci and started operations in December 1998. It was owned by Distal & Itr Group (66.6%) and Franco Pecci (33.4%) and is now the total property of Franco Pecci.[citation needed] It operates the low-cost airline Blu-express as a division.

Both the airline's 767 and 757 are seen in John Legend's music video for Show Me.

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[edit] Destinations

[edit] Fleet

The Blue Panorama fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 9 September 2008) [1]:

Blue Panorama Fleet
Aircraft Number Passengers
(Blue Class/Economy)
Routes Notes
Boeing 737-300 3 148 (148) Short-medium haul routes EI-DVY / EI-DXB / EI-EEW
Boeing 737-400 3 167 (167) Short-medium haul routes EI-CUA / EI-CUD / EI-CUN
Boeing 757-200 2 196 (10/186) Medium-long haul routes EI-DKL / EI-DNA
Boeing 767-300ER 4 274 (10/264) Long haul routes EI-CXO / EI-CZH / I-LLAG / EI-EED
Boeing 787-8 4 (on order) With an option for 2 more. Delivery in 2010
Piaggio P180 Avanti 1 6 (6) Short haul routes Executive Blue

In September 2008, the Blue Panorama Airlines fleet age is 13.1 years old.[2]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 87. 2007-03-27. 
  2. ^ Blue Panorama Fleet Age