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Atlas Blue

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Atlas Blue was a low-cost airline with its head office on the grounds of Marrakech-Menara Airport in Marrakech, Morocco, operating out of Menara International Airport.[1]

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Atlas Blue was a subsidiary of Royal Air Maroc (RAM), operating chartered and scheduled services to Europe.[2] During 2010, Atlas Blue flights were rebranded as Royal Air Maroc flights, with the aircraft being re-painted in RAM livery.

History

Atlas Blue was established on 28 May 2004 and started operations on 26 July 2004, with charter operations from Morocco to France using a single Boeing 737-400. Another 5 Boeing 737-400s were transferred from Royal Air Maroc to expand services to Belgium, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom.[3] Atlas Blue is owned by Royal Air Maroc (99.99%) and private investors (0.01%), and has 167 employees.[2]

At the end of 2009[when?], Royal Air Maroc bought Atlas Blue. The Atlas Blue website was shut down on 21 January 2010.[4] By the end of 2010, the Atlas Blue brand ceased to exist.[5]

Destinations

Atlas Blue Boeing 737-400

Atlas Blue operated scheduled flights to the following destinations (as of February 2010):[6]

Africa

Europe

Fleet

The Atlas Blue fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of January 2010) [7]

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As of August 2010, all aircraft except of two Airbus A321 have been handed over to Royal Air Maroc.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Contact." Atlas Blue. 15 February 2008. Retrieved on 26 June 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 80.
  3. [3]
    Airways magazine, April 2005
  4. [4]
    "The web sites www.atlas-blue.com and www.royalairmaroc.com have been merged". Atlas Blue. Archived from the original on 31 January 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  5. [5]
    Atlas Blue at airlineupdate.com Archived September 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  6. [6]
    "[Atlas Blue] : cheap air flight ticket Marrakech Marocco - Online booking". www.atlas-blue.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2009. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  7. [7]
    "Atlas Blue Fleet | Airfleets aviation". www.airfleets.net. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
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