Blue1 Avro RJ85 OH-SAO (BAE Systems)
Finnish airline Air Botnia changed its name to Blue1 on January 1, 2004. The airline operated seven Avro RJ85s and two RJ100s on regional services between Finland and Scandinavia, feeding traffic to the SAS hubs at Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Oslo, and on routes to Europe. The airline is a subsidiary of SAS. In late 2007, the airline signed long-term lease extensions on four Avro RJ85s, but decided to dispose of the three other RJ85s and two RJ100s that the airline operated. Blue1 retired its last five remaining RJ85s in 2011 to standardize its fleet on the Boeing 717.
News items on Blue1:
- Airlink adds two more Avro RJ85s (2012-11-30)
- Malmö leases former Blue1 Avro RJ85 (2012-06-10)
- Last Blue1 Avro RJ85 leaves Helsinki (2011-11-27)
- Atlantic Avro RJ85s fly for Blue1 (2011-09-29)
- Blue1 prepares to phase out Avro RJ85s (2011-09-05)
- Blue1 withdraws its Avro RJ85s from service (2011-09-05)
- Blue1 to phase out Avro RJ85s (2011-06-18)
- Blue1 returns second Avro RJ85 to CityJet (2010-10-20)
- Blue1 returns first Avro RJ85 to CityJet (2010-08-30)
- Blue1 to replace its Avro RJs with Boeing 717s (2010-05-30)
- Avro RJ100 being prepared for Abu Dhabi’s Amiri Flight (2009-05-07)
- Second leased Avro RJ85 delivered to Blue1 (2009-04-30)
- Blue1 adds an Avro RJ85 on lease (2009-03-15)
- Several airlines extend BAe 146 and Avro RJ leases (2008-01-30)
- Blue1 extends Avro RJ85 leases but reduces fleet size (2007-10-19)
- Blue1 goes domestic again (2004-04-21)
- Air Botnia is now Blue1 (2004-01-01)
- Last production Avro RJ delivered (2003-11-28)
- Air Botnia Avro RJ100s arrive (2003-10-28)
- Air Botnia goes Blue (2003-09-30)