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Bluebird Nordic
Defunct Icelandic cargo airline From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bluebird Nordic, formerly Bluebird Cargo, was a cargo airline based in Reykjavík, Iceland, operating scheduled and chartered cargo services to and from Iceland and within Europe out of its base at Keflavík International Airport, with a special focus on Liège Airport and East Midlands Airport as freight hubs.[2]
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History
Bluebird Cargo was established in 1999 and started operations in March 2001. Operations began with daily freighter services between Iceland, the United Kingdom and Germany with a single Boeing 737-300F. It was wholly owned by Icelandair Group[3] until 2010 and had 63 employees as of 2007.[citation needed]
In 2014, the airline was bought by Haru Holding and Steinn Logi Björnsson became CEO. In 2017, the company changed their name from Bluebird Cargo to Bluebird Nordic[2] In January 2020, Avia Solutions Group acquired 100% of Bluebird Nordic.[4]
In August 2021, Bluebird Nordic announced plans to increase its Boeing 737-800 fleet to 25 by 2024.[5] On 4 January 2022, Bluebird Nordic acquired a Boeing 777-300ER which was formerly operated by Emirates.[6] On 25 January 2022, Bluebird Nordic acquired another 777-300ER which was formerly operated by Cathay Pacific. In April 2022, Bluebird Nordic appointed Audrone Keinyte as new CEO.[7]
Bluebird Nordic ceased operations on 30 April 2024 and returned all aircraft to their lessors.[8]
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Destinations

As of February 2021[update], Bluebird Nordic operated freight services to the following scheduled destinations in addition to ad-hoc and charter services:[1]
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At the time of its cessation it operated three Boeing 737-400Fs and one Boeing 777-200F.[8]
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