Finnish Avro RJ operator Air Botnia officially changed its name to Blue1 on 1 January 2004. The four new Avro RJs the airline recently took delivery of had already been painted with the new titles and livery (which differs from the previous one in having blue rather than red engine […]
An era came to an end of 26 November, when Air Botnia took delivery of the last Avro RJ produced. The aircraft, Avro RJ85 msn E2394 has been built in April 2002, making her first flight on 24 April of that year. She had then been stored, initially at Woodford […]
Air Botnia has begun to take delivery of the two Avro RJ85s and two RJ100s it has ordered. RJ100 OH-SAM (msn E3386) was the first to arrive, on 22 October, already painted in the colors of Blue1, the new name that Air Botnia will adopt on 1 January 2004. The […]
Finnish airline Air Botnia, a subsidiary of SAS, has announced that it will be changing its name to Blue1 from 1 January 2004. The name change comes as Air Botnia prepares to substantially increase its capacity, by adding two Avro RJ85s and two Avro RJ100s to its five current Avro […]
Finnish airline Air Botnia has agreed to lease the last four un-sold Avro RJs. The airline will take delivery of the two RJ85s and two RJ100s in November, and use them to increase capacity on existing routes and add new destinations. The RJ85s will be configured with 84 seats, and […]
Finnish airline Air Botnia joined the ranks of Avro RJ operators when it took delivery of its first RJ85. OH-SAH Suur-Saimaa (msn E3282) was delivered from Woodford to Helsinki on 10 May. The SAS subsidiary placed an order for five RJ85s in September 2000, to replace its Fokker F28s. Noise […]
Finnish airline Air Botnia has announced an order for 5 Avro RJ85s to replace its six Fokker F28-4000s. Air Botnia is a wholly owned subsidiary of SAS. It operates regional services between Finland and Scandinavia. Sveneric Persson, President and CEO of Air Botnia, attributed the choice of RJ85 to the […]
