Fly blue crane
| Fly blue crane | |
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| IATA code : | 7B |
| ICAO code : | FBC |
| Call sign : | BLUE CRANE |
| Founding: | 2014 |
| Operation stopped: | 2017 |
| Seat: | Johannesburg , South Africa |
| Home airport : | OR Tambo Airport |
| Management: | Siza Mzimela |
| Fleet size: | 3 (+ 2 orders) |
| Aims: | national and regional |
| Website: | www.flybluecrane.com |
| Fly Blue Crane ceased operations in 2017. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Fly Blue Crane ( fly blue crane in its own right ) was a South African airline based in Johannesburg and its home base at OR Tambo International Airport .
The airline was founded in 2014 and made its maiden flight on September 1, 2015. Operations ceased in March 2017.
Destinations
As of May 2016, the airline served the airports OR Tambo ( Johannesburg ), Kimberley ( Kimberley ), Bram Fischer ( Bloemfontein ), Cape Town ( Cape Town ) and Hosea Kutako ( Windhoek , Namibia ).
In mid-May 2016, the company provided daily connections from Johannesburg to Maputo Airport in Mozambique and to King Mswati III International Airport. known in Swaziland .
The company suspended operations from February 2017 for the purpose of restructuring and developing a rescue plan; all machines in operation at that time were returned to the lessor.
fleet
In March 2017, the Fly Blue Crane fleet consisted of three aircraft.
| Aircraft type | active | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embraer ERJ 145 | 2 | 2 | leased from Solenta Aviation | 50 (- / - / 50) |
| Boeing 737-300 | 1 | 0 | leased from Star Air | |
| total | 3 | 2 |
See also
Web links
- Website of the Blue Crane Fly (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search. IATA. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
- ^ A b South Africa's Fly Blue Crane suspends operations. CH-Aviation, March 9, 2017.
- ↑ Local SA airline Expands regionally. TourismUpdate, May 19, 2016.
- ^ South Africa's Fly Blue Crane suspends operations. In: ch-aviation. ch-aviation GmbH, March 9, 2017, accessed on March 13, 2017 (English).
