Blue1 was founded as Air Botnia in 1988. At that time, the company´s main business idea was commercial air transportation of passengers in the Finnish domestic market to and from Helsinki.

On January 20th, 1998, the Finnish airline Air Botnia became a member of SAS Group. Blue1 is owned one hundred percent by SAS, though operating under its own Finnish AOC (Airline Operator Certificate, nbr 007).

In March 1999 the company’s network strategy was changed. From being purely a production carrier in the domestic market, the airline was developed into a regional carrier, feeding traffic from points in Southern and Western Finland to the Scandinavian Airline hubs Stockholm and Copenhagen.

Since June 7th, 1999, all Blue1 flights have been code-shared with SAS. In March 2000, the organisations of Blue1 and SAS Finland were brought together under one roof with a joint administration. The CEO of Blue1 is Mr. Stefan Wentjärvi.

IATA-membership was obtained in May 2000. In 2001 the entire fleet was renewed: from six Fokker F28 and five Saab 340A to five Avro RJ85 and five Saab 2000 in less than a year. In 2003 four new Avro RJ-aircraft were added to the fleet. JAR-145 approval for maintenance of Avro was received in 2001 and of Saab in 2002.

In 2002, the first European route Helsinki-Brussels was opened, later followed by Hamburg, Berlin and Amsterdam on May 24th, 2004. In 2003 and as well as 2006, the company was presented with the prestigious "Airline of the Year Bronze Award " by the European Airlines Association ERA.

Air Botnia became Blue1 on January 1st, 2004. “Blue” signals its Finnish heritage and “1” symbolizes the fastest growing airline in Finland. In April 2004 Blue1 entered the domestic market by opening the line Helsinki - Oulu, followed by Helsinki - Kuopio on May 24th. Blue1 now operates 120 flights a day.

Blue1 became the first ever regional member of Star Alliance on October 31 2004. In 2004, Blue1 was also the first Finnish airline to be IOSA certified by IATA.

2005 the Blue1 expansion of Finnish domestic service continued with routes from Helsinki to Vaasa and to Rovaniemi. In 2005 Blue1 was the first Finnish airline to introduce one-way fares on all routes.

During 2006, Blue1 phased in three MD-90 aircraft, while phasing out SAAB 2000s from its fleet. Opening 11 new non-stop routes from Helsinki to European destinations set off a major increase in traffic. In 2006, the business concept "Smart Travel" was introduced, featuring a basic product at central airports, a network that enables transfers and supplementary services that provide good value.

In 2007, Blue1 launched a new concept for business travellers, Economy Extra both on Scandinavian and European routes. All customers were offered the possibility of CO2 offsetting on their Blue1 flight. The domestic route to Finnish Lappland destination Kittilä was introduced in 2006 and was continued during peak season 2007-08. Late 2007 an additional fourth MD-90 was introduced to Blue1 fleet.

The Economy Extra introduction on all domestic routes in February 2008.

Facts & FiguresFleet: 1 Avro RJ100, 5 Avro RJ85, 4 MD-90

Passengers: 1998: 98000 - 2007: 1.798 million

Employees: 600 (2007)

Destinations: Helsinki, Turku, Oulu, Tampere, Vaasa, Kuopio, Rovaniemi, Kittilä, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Oslo, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Athens, Barcelona, London, Paris, Milan, Zürich, Warsaw, Rome.

蓝天航空公司的前身是 1988 年成立的博特尼亚航空公司。 那时，公司的主要业务是经营芬兰国内往返赫尔辛基的商业客运业务。

1998 年 1 月 20 日，芬兰博特尼亚航空公司成为北欧航空公司 (SAS) 的一员。 蓝天航空公司由下列单位完全控股： SAS, 但仍使用自己的芬兰 AOC 运营（航空公司运营执照，编号 007）。

1999 年3月公司改变了航线网络战略。 蓝天航空公司从单纯经营国内市场发展成为一家区域性航空公司，运输业务的中心从芬兰南部和西部发展至北欧航空枢纽航站斯德哥尔摩和哥本哈根。

自 1999 年 6 月 7 日起，所有的蓝天航空公司航班都与北欧航空实现了代码共享。 2000 年3 月，蓝天航空公司和北欧航空芬兰公司共同组建了一个联合管理体系。 蓝天航空公司的首席执行官为 Stefan Wentjärvi 先生。

在 2000 年 5 月获得 IATA 会员资格，并在 2001 年重建了整个机群： 在不到一年内，从六架福克 F28 和五架 Saab 340A 到五架 Avro RJ85 和五架 Saab 2000。 在 2003 年，又增添了四架新 Avro RJ 飞机。 在 2001 年和2002 年分别获得了对 Avro 和 Saab 的 JAR-145 维修批准。

2002 年，开通了第一家欧洲航线赫尔辛基-布鲁塞尔，然后在 2004 年 5 月 24 日开通了汉堡、柏林和阿姆斯特丹航线。 2003 年和 2006 年，公司分别荣获“ 航空公司年度铜奖 ”，该奖项由欧洲航空公司协会 ERA 颁发。

博特尼亚航空公司于 2004 年 1 月 1 日改名为蓝天航空公司 (Blue1)。 Blue 表示其芬兰传统，而 1 表示芬兰发展最快的航空公司。 蓝天航空公司在 2004 年 4 月通过开通赫尔辛基-奥卢航线，后又于 5 月 24 日开通开通赫尔辛基-库奥皮奥航线而进入国内市场。 蓝天航空公司现在每天运营 120 班航班.

2004 年 10 月 31 日蓝天航空公司成为星空联盟首家地区成员航空公司。 2004 年，蓝天航空公司成为芬兰首家通过 IATA IOSA 认证的航空公司。

2005 年，蓝天航空公司进一步扩展了芬兰国内的服务，提供赫尔辛基到瓦萨和罗瓦涅米的航班服务。 2005 年，蓝天航空公司成为芬兰首家在所有航线上引入单程票价的航空公司。

2006 年，蓝天航空公司引入三架 MD-90 飞机，并淘汰了 SAAB 2000 机型。 蓝天航空公司开通了 11 条从赫尔辛基直飞欧洲各大城市的航线，极大地提高了旅客运输能力。 2006 年，公司引入“智能旅行”的业务理念，主要是在中心机场提供一个基本产品，一个能让运送和附加服务为旅客提供更好价值的网络。

2007 年，蓝天航空公司在北欧和其它欧洲航线上为商务旅客启动了新的服务理念“超级经济舱”（Economy Extra）。 所有乘坐蓝天航空公司航班的旅客都可为降低二氧化碳排放而作出贡献。 2006 年开通了到芬兰拉普兰德基缇拉的国内航线，并在 2007-08 的高峰季节继续提供该服务。 2007 年后期，蓝天航空公司新引进了第四架 MD-90 飞机。

2008 年 2 月所有国内航线都引入了超级经济舱的服务理念。

事实和数字机群： 1 架 Avro RJ100、5 架 Avro RJ85、4 架 MD-90

乘客： 1998： 98000 - 2007: 1798 万

员工： 600 (2007)

目的地： 赫尔辛基、土尔库、奥卢、坦佩雷、瓦萨、库奥皮奥、罗瓦涅米、基缇拉、斯德哥尔摩、哥德堡、奥斯陆、哥本哈根、汉堡、雅典、巴塞罗那、伦敦、巴黎、米兰、华沙、罗马。

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