Atlas Blue
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Atlas Blue
IATA 8A	ICAO BMM	Callsign ATLAS BLUE
Founded		2004
Fleet size		10 (April 2008)
Destinations		23
Parent company		Royal Air Maroc
Headquarters		Marrakech, Morocco
Key people		Driss Benhima
Website: http://www.atlas-blue.com

Atlas Blue is a low-cost airline based in Marrakech, Morocco. It is a subsidiary of Royal Air Maroc and operates charter and scheduled services to destinations in Europe^[1]. Its main base is Menara International Airport, Marrakech.

History

The airline was established on 28 May 2004 and started operations on 26 July 2004, with charter operations to France using a single Boeing 737-400. Another 5 Boeing 737-400s were transferred from Royal Air Maroc to expand services to Belgium, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom ^[2]. Atlas Blue is owned by Royal Air Maroc (99.99%) and private investors (0.01%) and has 167 employees^[1].

Destinations

Atlas Blue Boeing 737-400

Atlas Blue operates the following services (at March 2008)^[3]:

Africa

• Morocco
  • Al Hoceima (Cherif Al Idrissi Airport)1
  • Fes (Saïss Airport)2
  • Marrakech (Menara International Airport)3
  • Nador (Nador International Airport)4
  • Oujda (Angads Airport)5
  • Tangier (Ibn Batouta International Airport)6

Europe

• Belgium
  • Brussels (Brussels Airport)123456
• Germany
  • Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Airport)4
  • Frankfurt (Frankfurt Airport)4
• France
  • Basel/Mulhouse (EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg)3
  • Bordeaux (Bordeaux - Mérignac Airport)3
  • Brest (Bretagne Airport)3
  • Lille (Lesquin Airport)3
  • Lyons (Saint-Exupéry Airport)3
  • Marseilles (Provence Airport)23
  • Nantes (Atlantique Airport)3
  • Nice (Côte d'Azur Airport)3
  • Paris (Charles de Gaulle Airport)56
  • Paris (Orly Airport)3
  • Toulouse (Blagnac Airport)3
• Republic of Ireland
  • Dublin (Dublin Airport)
• Italy
  • Bologna (Bologna Airport)3
  • Milan (Malpensa Airport)3
• The Netherlands
  • Amsterdam (Amsterdam Airport Schiphol)156
• Spain
  • Barcelona (Barcelona Airport)36
  • Madrid (Barajas Airport)36
• Switzerland
  • Geneva (Cointrin Airport)3
• United Kingdom
  • London (Gatwick Airport)3
  • London (Heathrow Airport)6

Fleet

As of October 2007 the Atlas Blue fleet includes ^[1] :

• 4 Airbus A321-200
• 6 Boeing 737-400
• 1 Boeing 737-500

Atlas Blue intends to increase its fleet from 9 to 24 aircraft by 2012 and has announced a tender for new aircraft. Airbus appears "well positioned" in bidding for the contract^[4]

External links

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• Atlas Blue Fleet

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