Baboo

Baboo
IATA code :	F7
ICAO code :	BBO
Call sign :	BABOO
Founding:	2003
Operation stopped:	2011
Seat:	Le Grand-Saconnex , Switzerland
Turnstile :	Geneva airport
Home airport :	Geneva airport
Fleet size:	3
Aims:	National and continental
Baboo ceased operations in 2011. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Baboo (originally Flybaboo , previously Baboo Airways ) was a Swiss regional airline based in Le Grand-Saconnex .

history

After Swiss International Air Lines announced the cancellation of most flights from Lugano in the summer of 2003 for reasons of profitability, various plans were announced by new airlines to operate at least some of these routes from autumn 2003. Baboo Airways from Geneva, which initially served Geneva-Lugano three times a day with a Dash-8 Q-314 operated by Cirrus Airlines , was the first to take off.

In April 2004, the company's first machine, also a Dash-8-315, was registered as HB-JEJ in Switzerland. The expansion of the route network (e.g. from Geneva to Venice, St. Tropez or Prague) was pushed ahead with the second Dash-8, which went into operation from autumn 2004. On the Geneva-Lugano route, they will be working with Darwin Airline from autumn 2005 (under their direction).

The three leased Embraer 190s were withdrawn from service in autumn 2010, whereby, according to CEO Mark Darby, two of the three aircraft are to be decommissioned and one is to be used on selected routes for the time being.

In November 2010, Flybaboo SA and Darwin Airline SA announced that Darwin Airline would take over the destinations served by Baboo as well as part of the business activities. The takeover should be completed in the first quarter of 2011 after approval by the responsible authorities, which has since been implemented.

Destinations

Baboo served primarily from Geneva destinations in neighboring European countries, including Biarritz , Rome and Valencia . She also worked with several codeshare partners, including Alitalia , Air France and Olympic Air . Another agreement existed with TAROM since October 2009.

fleet

A De Havilland DHC-8 under the name Flybaboo

As of January 2010, the Baboo's fleet consisted of three aircraft:

• 2 De Havilland DHC-8 -400 (marked HB-JQA and HB-JQB )
• 1 Embraer 190 (code HB-JQG )

As of October 2011, there are no more aircraft registered on Baboo, the De Havilland DHC-8-400 have been taken over by Darwin.

See also

• Former Airlines List (Europe)

Web links

Commons : Baboo  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Former Baboo website (now leading to Darwin)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ “Baboo axing Embraer 190s in strategic overhaul” , Air Transport Intelligence news / flightglobal.com, October 27, 2010.
2. ↑ Joint media release of November 25, 2010 ( Memento of December 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (French; PDF; 71 kB)
3. ↑ ^{a b c} ch-aviation.ch - Baboo fleet ( Memento of October 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English) accessed on January 28, 2011.