Blue Wings was established in 2002, received the AOC on 27 June 2003 and started operations in July of the same year. It initially operated charter flights from Düsseldorf using a wet-leased Airbus A320. In June 2006, the Russian National Reserve Corporation (NRC) acquired a 48 percent shareholding through its Zürich based subsidiary Alpstream AG, which was intended to lead to a close co-operation between Blue Wings and Red Wings Airlines, also belonging to NRC.[1]
On 6 October 2006, Blue Wings signed a purchase agreement with JetBlue Airways for five second-hand Airbus A320-200 aircraft. For cost-saving reasons, Blue Wings adopted a nearly identical color scheme compared to JetBlue. On 17 October of the same year, another order - this time for 16 new Airbus A320 and 4 Airbus A321 was signed, and subsequently announced during the Farnborough Air Show of the same year.[2]
Development since 2009 and closureEdit
On 30 December 2009, the Federal Office for Civil Aviation of Germany revoked the operating license of Blue Wings because of solvency fears,[3] forcing the airline to shut down all operations. Blue Wings was saved for once on 23 April of the same year, when it was announced that Elite Aviation, a VIP charter airline from Abu Dhabi, had signed a charter agreement with Blue Wings.[4] Subsequently, the license was reinstated on 5 May.
On 5 August 2009, it was announced that Iraqi Airways, Iraq's national airline, had signed a contract to lease three Blue Wings Airbus A320-232, which were used on European routes.[5]
On 13 January 2010, Blue Wings ceased all operations, filing bankruptcy due to the financial crisis which had led to a pull-out of investors. The airline's corporate head office was located in Düsseldorf,[6] at Düsseldorf Airport. Before closure it was in Terminal A.[7][8] Previously it was in Hangar 8 at the same airport.[9]
^Iraqi Airways to lease 3 Airbus A320-232 for Europe flights[dead link]
^"Germans reinstate grounded Blue Wings' operating licence". Flight Global. 2012-05-05. "Germany's civil aviation regulator has reinstated the operating permit for Dusseldorf-based carrier Blue Wings, weeks after grounding the airline."
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For the Suriname based airline see Blue Wing Airlines For the Korean football team see Suwon Samsung Bluewings Blue Wings AG was a charter airline based in Germany focusing on serving Turkey the Middle East and Russia from its base at Dusseldorf Airport 1 The headquarters were located on the airport property Blue WingsIATA ICAO CallsignQW BWG BLUE WINGSFounded2002Ceased operations31 January 2012Operating basesDusseldorf AirportFleet size11 at time of closure Destinations23HeadquartersBocholt GermanyKey peopleUdo Stern MD Websitebluewings com Contents 1 History 1 1 Early years and growth 1 2 Development since 2009 and closure 2 Destinations 2 1 Africa 2 2 Asia 2 3 Europe 3 Fleet 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditEarly years and growth Edit Blue Wings was established in 2002 received the AOC on 27 June 2003 and started operations in July of the same year It initially operated charter flights from Dusseldorf using a wet leased Airbus A320 In June 2006 the Russian National Reserve Corporation NRC acquired a 48 percent shareholding through its Zurich based subsidiary Alpstream AG which was intended to lead to a close co operation between Blue Wings and Red Wings Airlines also belonging to NRC 1 On 6 October 2006 Blue Wings signed a purchase agreement with JetBlue Airways for five second hand Airbus A320 200 aircraft For cost saving reasons Blue Wings adopted a nearly identical color scheme compared to JetBlue On 17 October of the same year another order this time for 16 new Airbus A320 and 4 Airbus A321 was signed and subsequently announced during the Farnborough Air Show of the same year 2 Development since 2009 and closure Edit On 30 December 2009 the Federal Office for Civil Aviation of Germany revoked the operating license of Blue Wings because of solvency fears 3 forcing the airline to shut down all operations Blue Wings was saved for once on 23 April of the same year when it was announced that Elite Aviation a VIP charter airline from Abu Dhabi had signed a charter agreement with Blue Wings 4 Subsequently the license was reinstated on 5 May On 5 August 2009 it was announced that Iraqi Airways Iraq s national airline had signed a contract to lease three Blue Wings Airbus A320 232 which were used on European routes 5 On 13 January 2010 Blue Wings ceased all operations filing bankruptcy due to the financial crisis which had led to a pull out of investors The airline s corporate head office was located in Dusseldorf 6 at Dusseldorf Airport Before closure it was in Terminal A 7 8 Previously it was in Hangar 8 at the same airport 9 Destinations Edit nbsp Blue Wings Airbus A320 200 2007 nbsp A Blue Wings Airbus A321 111 at Dusseldorf Airport in 2005 nbsp A Blue Wings Airbus A330 200 at Cologne Bonn Airport February 2005 Blue Wings operated the following international scheduled destinations in November 2011 10 Africa Edit nbsp MoroccoMarrakech Marrakech Menara Airport Agadir Agadir Al Massira Airport nbsp TunisiaMonastir Habib Bourguiba International AirportAsia Edit nbsp KazakhstanKaraganda Sary Arka Airport nbsp LebanonBeirut Beirut Rafic Hariri International AirportEurope Edit nbsp GermanyBerlin Berlin Schonefeld Airport Dusseldorf Dusseldorf Airport Base Hamburg Hamburg Airport focus city Karlsruhe Baden Baden Karlsruhe Baden Baden Airport Leipzig Halle Leipzig Halle Airport Munster Osnabruck Munster Osnabruck Airport nbsp GreeceAthens Athens International Airport Crete Heraklion International Airport Corfu Corfu International Airport nbsp ItalyAlghero Alghero Fertilia Airport Rome Rome Ciampino Airport nbsp PortugalFaro Faro Airport Madeira Funchal Airport nbsp RussiaMoscow Sheremetyevo International Airport nbsp SpainBarcelona El Prat Airport Gran Canaria Gran Canaria Airport Tenerife Reina Sofia Airport Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Airport Ibiza Ibiza Airport Malaga Malaga Airport nbsp UkraineKyiv Boryspil International Airport nbsp TurkeyTrabzon Trabzon Airport Izmir Adnan Menderes International Airport Antalya Antalya Airport Samsun Carsamba AirportFleet EditThe Blue Wings fleet consisted of the following aircraft at 25 November 2012 11 12 Aircraft Total Orders Passengers Business Economy Airbus A320 200 11 16 13 150 12 138 168 0 168 Airbus A321 200 3 3 13 207Tupolev Tu 204 5 13 TBATotal 14 24References Edit a b Directory World Airlines Flight International 2007 03 27 p 87 German carrier Blue Wings orders Airbus A320 Family aircraft www airbus com Archived from the original on 2017 10 04 LBA Offentlichkeitsarbeit Archived from the original on 2009 05 09 Retrieved 2009 04 24 1 dead link Iraqi Airways to lease 3 Airbus A320 232 for Europe flights dead link Germans reinstate grounded Blue Wings operating licence Flight Global 2012 05 05 Germany s civil aviation regulator has reinstated the operating permit for Dusseldorf based carrier Blue Wings weeks after grounding the airline Contact Blue Wings 12 June 2005 Retrieved on 30 December 2012 Blue Wings AG Duesseldorf Airport Terminal A 5 OG 40474 Duesseldorf Germany Wilkommen Blue Wings 14 March 2012 Retrieved on 30 December 2012 Blue Wings AG Dusseldorf Airport Terminal A D 40474 Dusseldorf Germany Blue Wings AG Blue Wings 23 March 2003 Retrieved on 30 December 2012 Airport Dusseldorf Hangar 8 40474 Dusseldorf Blue Wings Timetable Archived November 12 2009 at the Wayback Machine Blue Wings Fleet Blue Wings Company Profile Page 12 a b c Kylie Nicole 13 January 2023 What Happened To German Charter Carrier Blue Wings Simple Flying Retrieved 4 March 2023 External links Edit nbsp Media related to Blue Wings at Wikimedia Commons Blue Wings Archive 2009 Blue Wings Archive 2005 2007 Blue Wings in German Archive Portals nbsp Germany nbsp Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Blue Wings amp oldid 1172784094, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
