Blue Panorama Airlines S.p.A. is an airline

Airline

An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...

 based in Fiumicino, Italy. It is a private airline operating scheduled and charter flights from Italy to various international destinations. Its main bases are Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport, Rome, for the Blu-express

Blu-express

Blu-Express is a low cost airline based in Fiumicino, Italy. It is the low cost arm of Blue Panorama Airlines and operates domestic and international services...

 flights and Malpensa Airport

Malpensa Airport

Milano Malpensa Airport "City of Milan" , former "Aeroporto Città di Milano" is Milan's largest airport. It is located 39.97 km northwest of central Milan, Italy...

, Milan

Milan

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 for the short, medium and long range charter and scheduled flights.

History

The airline was established in 1998 by Franco Pecci and started operations in December 1998. It is owned by Distal & Itr Group (66.6%) and Franco Pecci (33.4%). It operates the low-cost airline

Low-cost carrier

A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline is an airline that generally has lower fares and fewer comforts...

 Blu-express

Blu-express

Blu-Express is a low cost airline based in Fiumicino, Italy. It is the low cost arm of Blue Panorama Airlines and operates domestic and international services...

 as a division, which is completely owned by Franco Pecci.

Codeshare agreements

Blue Panorama Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:
Alitalia

Alitalia

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 Blue Air

Blue Air

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 Cubana de Aviación

Cubana de Aviación

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Fleet

The Blue Panorama fleet includes the following aircraft (as of June 2011):

Blue Panorama Fleet

Aircraft	In Fleet	Orders	Passengers			Notes
			J	Y	Total
Boeing 737-300 Boeing 737 The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range, twin-engine narrow-body jet airliner. Originally developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin-engine airliner derived from Boeing's 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of nine passenger models with a capacity of 85 to 215 passengers...	2	0	0	148	148	Blu-express Blu-express Blu-Express is a low cost airline based in Fiumicino, Italy. It is the low cost arm of Blue Panorama Airlines and operates domestic and international services...  division
Boeing 737-400 Boeing 737 The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range, twin-engine narrow-body jet airliner. Originally developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin-engine airliner derived from Boeing's 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of nine passenger models with a capacity of 85 to 215 passengers...	4	0	0	167	167
Boeing 757-200 Boeing 757 The Boeing 757 is a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Passenger versions of the twinjet have a capacity of 186 to 289 persons and a maximum range of , depending on variant and cabin configuration...	2	0	10	186	196
Boeing 767-300ER Boeing 767 The Boeing 767 is a mid-size, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It was the manufacturer's first wide-body twinjet and its first airliner with a two-crew glass cockpit. The aircraft features two turbofan engines, a supercritical wing, and a conventional tail...	4	0	12	264	276
Sukhoi Superjet 100-95 Sukhoi Superjet 100 The Sukhoi Superjet 100 is a modern, fly-by-wire regional jet in the 75- to 95-seat category. With development starting in 2000, the plane was designed by the civil aircraft division of the Russian aerospace company Sukhoi in co-operation with Western partners...	0	8	TBA			Options for 4 more
Piaggio P.180 Avanti	2	0	6	0	6	Used for VIP service Executive Blue
Total	14	10

As of June 2011, the Blue Panorama Airlines fleet age was 15.9 years old.

Trivia

Both the airline's Boeing 767 and 757 are seen in John Legend's

John Legend

John Roger Stephens , better known by his stage name John Legend, is an American singer, musician, and actor. He is the recipient of nine Grammy Awards, and in 2007, he received the special Starlight award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.Prior to the release of his debut album, Stephens' career...

 music video for Show Me

Show Me (John Legend song)

"Show Me" is the seventh single from John Legend's album, Once Again. The song is produced by Raphael Saadiq and Craig Street and was released as a single in December 2007. The song is noted for its vulnerability and John has cited it as one of his favorites...

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External links

• Blue Panorama Airlines