Atlas Blue is a former low cost airline based in Marrakesh , Morocco . This division of the Royal Air Maroc airline operated charter and scheduled flights to European countries [1] . Base airport is Menara International Airport , Marrakech .
| Atlas Blue | ||||
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| Established | May 28, 2004 | |||
| Termination of activity | 2009 | |||
| Base airports | Menara international airport | |||
| Hubs | ||||
| Fleet size | 14 | |||
| Destinations | 26 | |||
| Parent company | and | |||
| Headquarters |  Marrakech , Morocco | |||
| Guide | Driss benhima | |||
| Site | royalairmaroc.com | |||
History
The airline was founded on May 28, 2004 and began commercial flights on July 26 of the same year with charter flights to France using the only Boeing 737-400 . The remaining five Boeing 737-400s were received from the parent company Royal Air Maroc to expand the geography of flights to Belgium, Germany, Italy and the UK [2] .
99.99% of Atlas Blue is owned by Royal Air Maroc , the remaining 0.01% is owned by private investors. As of March 2007, 167 employees were employed by the carrier [1] .
8A, the airline code for IATA , was previously used by the Norwegian airline Arctic Air from 2000 to 2004; she stopped her work.
Since January 21, 2010, the Atlas Blue airline’s website has been withdrawn from the service, now its functions are performed by the website of the parent company Royal Air Maroc [3]
Destinations
As of February 2010, Atlas Blue worked in the following areas (according to the then-working website) [4] :
Africa
- Morocco
- Agadir - Al Massira Airport main city
- Al Hoceima - Cherif Al Idrissi Airport
- Essaouira - Mogador Airport
- Fes - Saïss Airport
- Marrakech - Menara International Airport Hub
- Nador - Nador International Airport main city
- Ouarzazate - Ouarzazate Airport
- Oujda - Angads
- Tangier - Ibn Batouta International Airport secondary hub
Europe
- Belgium
- Brussels - Brussels main city
- Germany
- Dusseldorf - Dusseldorf (seasonal flights)
- Frankfurt am Main - Frankfurt
- Munich - Munich (since April 4, 2010)
- France
- Bordeaux - Bordeaux - Mérignac Airport
- Lille - Lesquin Airport
- Lyon - Lyon Airport Saint Exupery
- Marseille - Provence Airport
- Metz / Nancy - Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport (seasonal flights)
- Nantes - Atlantique Airport
- Nice - Nice Cote d'Azur
- Paris - Orly
- Toulouse - Blagnac
- Italy
- Milan - Malpensa
- Netherlands
- Amsterdam - Schiphol
- Spain
- Barcelona - Barcelona
- Madrid - Barajas
- Switzerland
- Geneva - Geneva
- Great Britain
- London
- Heathrow
- Gatwick
- London
Fleet
As of September 2009, the Atlas Blue fleet consisted of the following vessels [5] :
| Type of ship | Total | Ordered | Passenger seats (First / Business / Eco) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A319-100 | 0 | five | 120 (0/8/112) |
| Airbus A321-200 | four | 0 | 185 (0/0/185) |
| Boeing 737-400 | 6 | 0 | 149 (0/0/149) |
| Boeing 737-500 | 2 | 0 | 134 (0/0/134) |
| Boeing 737-800 (leased from RAM ) | 2 | 0 | 189 (0/0/189) |
| Total | 14 | 0 |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Directory: World Airlines, Flight International (March 27, 2007), p. 80.
- ↑ Airways magazine, April 2005
- ↑ [1] Website merger
- ↑ Atlas Blue website (link not available) . Date of treatment April 5, 2010. Archived May 23, 2009.
- ↑ http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php Atlas Blue fleet