Bluebird Airways

Bluebird Airways
Founded	2008; Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Operating bases	Heraklion[1]
Focus cities	Ben Gurion Airport;
Fleet size	5
Destinations	11
Website	www.bluebirdair.com

Bluebird Airways is an airline with its head office on the property of Heraklion International Airport in Heraklion, Greece.^[3]

History

Bluebird Airways is a Greek airline, established in 2008 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece and is mainly involved in the transportation of passengers and cargo from Tel Aviv according to schedule and charter flights.

Destinations

Country	City	Airport	Notes
Bulgaria	Burgas	Burgas Airport	Seasonal
Czech Republic	Prague	Václav Havel Airport Prague	Seasonal
Greece	Athens	Athens International Airport
Greece	Heraklion	Heraklion International Airport	Hub
Greece	Mykonos	Mykonos International Airport	Seasonal
Greece	Kos	Kos International Airport	Seasonal
Greece	Rhodes	Rhodes International Airport	Seasonal
Greece	Santorini	Santorini (Thira) International Airport
Greece	Thessaloniki	Thessaloniki International Airport	Seasonal
Greece	Zakynthos	Zakynthos International Airport
Hungary	Budapest	Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport	Seasonal
Israel	Tel Aviv	Ben Gurion Airport	Focus city
Italy	Rome	Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport
Italy	Verona	Verona Villafranca Airport	Seasonal
Romania	Bucharest	Henri Coandă International Airport	Seasonal
Spain	Barcelona	Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

Bluebird Airways Boeing 737-400

The Bluebird Airways fleet includes the following aircraft as of August 2022:^[4]^[5]

Bluebird Airways fleet
Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers
Boeing 737-300	3	—	148
Boeing 737-800	2	—	189
Total	5	—

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.

References

^ "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ "CONTRACTIONS FAA JO 7340.2". faa.gov. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014.
^ "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"
^ "Bluebird Airways - Cheap Direct Flights and Travel Deals".
^ "Bluebird Airways Fleet Details and History". 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2022-03-28.

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[iata-1] "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

[faa.gov-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] "Bluebird Airways - Cheap Direct Flights and Travel Deals".

[5] "Bluebird Airways Fleet Details and History". 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2022-03-28.

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