Buzz (airline)

Buzz
IATA code :	UK
ICAO code :	UKA
Call sign :	BUZZ
Founding:	2000
Operation stopped:	2004
Seat:	Stansted Mountfitchet , United Kingdom
Home airport :	London Stansted
Fleet size:	18th
Aims:	national and continental
Buzz ceased operations in 2004. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Buzz was a British low-cost airline based in Stansted Mountfitchet and based at London Stansted Airport . It was taken over by Ryanair in 2003 and merged with it.

history

Buzz was founded in 2000 by KLM UK , a subsidiary of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines , and took over some routes from the former Air UK and its fleet to BAe 146 . Six leased Boeing 737-300s were later added.

Buzz never managed to get into the black and so the company was sold to Ryanair in 2003 for 30 million euros and renamed Buzz Stansted Ltd. renamed, which should continue to operate the routes and aircraft of the former Buzz. Shortly after the takeover, however, many unprofitable routes were suspended and the BAe 146-300 were returned to their respective owners. Buzz was eventually disbanded and fully integrated into Ryanair. The remaining Boeing 737-300s, which for a long time still wore the yellow Buzz color scheme, were phased out by early 2005.

Ryanair announced that from autumn 2019 the Polish subsidiary Ryanair Sun will operate under the “Buzz” brand.

fleet

Buzz operated a fleet of 18 aircraft:

• 10 BAe 146-300
• 08 Boeing 737-300

Trivia

• The name Buzz should mean something like "evaporate", whereby the petals in the corporate design should symbolize the route network from London.

See also

• Former Airlines List (Europe)

Web links

• http://www.buzzaway.com/ ( Memento from January 17, 2004 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ryanair Sun To Be Rebranded As Buzz In Autumn 2019. In: corporate.ryanair.com. March 14, 2019, accessed on March 23, 2019 . 
2. ↑ airfleets.net - Buzz's fleet, accessed on September 21, 2011