Blue Panorama Airlines

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Blue Panorama Airlines
Luke Air

IATA ICAO Call sign BV[1] BPA[2] BLUE PANORAMA
Founded	3 September 1998
Commenced operations	26 December 1998
Ceased operations	December 2022
Focus cities	Bergamo Bologna Katowice[3] Lampedusa
Fleet size	2
Destinations	5
Headquarters	Fiumicino, Rome, Italy
Key people	Luca Patanè (President)
Net income	€2.7 Million (2018)
Employees	624 (2020)
Website	www.blue-panorama.com

Blue Panorama Airlines S.p.A. was^[4] an Italian airline headquartered in Fiumicino operating scheduled and charter flights mostly to domestic and international leisure destinations.^[5] As of late 2021, the airline was in the process to change its brand name to Luke Air^[6] also retiring their former Blu-express^[7] brand used for domestic and short-haul destinations. Additional business charter flights used to be operated under the name Executive Blue.^[8] As of late October 2021, it suspended all operations until further notice^[9] and was subsequently liquidated in late 2022.^[4]

Blue Panorama is a private Italian airline operating intercontinental, international, and national charter and scheduled flights.^[7][10] It was founded in Rome in 1998 by Franco Pecci,^[5] and has been an IATA member since 2002 (IATA code BV).^[11][12] Since 2005, Blue Panorama Airlines' Boeing 737 fleet has operated national and international flights for the Blu-Express low-cost division.^[13]

In 2012, Alitalia declared interest in a merger with Blue Panorama, as well as with Wind Jet, another Italian airline,^{[14][15][16][17][18][19]} but decided not to proceed with the acquisitions.^[20][21] In October 2012, Blue Panorama entered bankruptcy protection.^[22][23] This license gave the airline the ability to restructure itself.^[24][25][26] On 25 November 2013, Blu-express started flights from Italy to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza after Belle Air ceased operations there.^[27][28]

In January 2014, Blue Panorama Airlines requested to be admitted to extraordinary administration procedure and the abandonment of the composition procedure in continuity.^[29] The management of the airline is left to the company's founder. Blue Panorama confirmed that company business and flights are fully operational.^[30]

In 2018 the airline came under fire as it has been the policy of Blue Panorama Airlines to charge significant fees to passengers for minor name changes.^[31]

In October 2019, the airline announced it would be changing its name to Luke Air by the end of 2019, revealing a new yellow-blue livery on an Airbus A330-200 which was then due to be delivered.^[32] On 7 March 2020, the first A330-200 was delivered. However, the rebranding had yet to take place. In late 2020, Blue Panorama retired their last Boeing 767-300ER.^[33] In January 2021, it was announced that the rebrand will go ahead.^[34] As of September 2021, the airline's official website had its content changed to Luke Air operated by Blue Panorama Airlines.^[6]

On 27 October 2021, the airline announced the suspension of all flights stating financial difficulties in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Blue Panorama went through recurring restructuring proceedings in recent years.^[9] Shortly after, it filed for bankruptcy protection.^[35] In June 2022, it has been reported that the grounded airline retired both of their Airbus A330-200s leaving them without long-haul capable aircraft.^[36]

In December 2022, it has been announced that the airline will be liquidated and not resume operations.^[4]

Blue Panorama operated a network of Italian domestic destinations branded as blu-express as well as long-haul leisure flights mainly around the Caribbean.^{[citation needed]}

Blue Panorama Airlines maintained Codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

• Albawings^[37]
• Cubana de Aviación^[38]

As of November 2022, the Blue Panorama fleet no longer included any aircraft. The following types have been operated before:^[33]

• On 16 July 2004, a Boeing 767-300ER operating as Flight 1504 experienced an uncontained engine failure on takeoff from Rome-Fiumucino Airport. The plane returned and conducted a successful emergency landing. Investigation revealed that a high-pressure fuel hose leaked approximately 700 kilograms (1,500 lb) of fuel into the engine's nacelle during taxi, which ignited upon takeoff.^[39][40]

• On 22 September 2018, a Blue Panorama Spanish pilot, Emilio Leone, was arrested by Albanian police as his colleagues reported him for trying to fly the aircraft intoxicated.^[41]

• A Blue Panorama Boeing 757-200 and Boeing 767-300ER appeared in John Legend's music video for "Show Me".^[42]

• List of defunct airlines of Italy

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• Official website