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Morocco-Atlas Blue

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Atlas Blue
IATA
8A		 ICAO
BMM		 Callsign
ATLAS BLUE
Founded 2004
Hubs Menara International Airport
Fleet size 11 (November 2008)
Destinations 23
Parent company Royal Air Maroc
Headquarters Marrakech, Morocco
Key people Driss Benhima
Website: http://www.atlas-blue.com

Atlas Blue is a low-cost airline based in Marrakech, Morocco. It is a subsidiary of Royal Air Maroc and operates charter and scheduled services to destinations in Europe[1]. Its main base is Menara International Airport, Marrakech.

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[edit] Customer Comments

Atlas Blue accepts payment by Mastercard or Visa but only for credit cards based on European banks. Unfortunately, this information is ommitted from their website and you will just get "Payment information rejected" errors.

If you wish to purchase Atlas Blue tickets using a non-European credit card, you can go to Royal Air Maroc's website. Although they do not show Atlas Blue's flights on their map, they do have some code shared flights with Atlas Blue, and they accept credit cards on more than just European banks.

As a rule they do not provide complementary refreshments following or during delays to services, but simply refer you to their customer services in the event of any complaint. However they have generally very competitive ticket prices (comparison made on www.lastminute.com on May 15, 2009).

[edit] History

The airline was established on 28 May 2004 and started operations on 26 July 2004, with charter operations 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 [2]. Atlas Blue is owned by Royal Air Maroc (99.99%) and private investors (0.01%) and has 167 employees[1].

[edit] Destinations

Atlas Blue Boeing 737-400

Atlas Blue operates the following services (at March 2008)[3]:

[edit] Africa

[edit] Europe

C = Charter
S = Seasonal

[edit] Fleet

Atlas blue operates the following fleet (as of November 2008)

Fleet
Aircraft ↓ Total ↓ Orders ↓ Passengers
(First/Business/Eco) ↓		 Routes ↓
Atlas Blue
Airbus A321-200 4 0 185 (0/0/185) Short and medium haul
Boeing 737-400 6 0 149 (0/0/149) Short and medium haul
Boeing 737-500 2 0 134 (0/0/134) Short and medium haul
Boeing 737-800 1 0 189 (0/0/189) Short and medium haul
Sub-total 13 0

Royal Air Maroc
Airbus A321-200 4 0 185 (0/0/185) Short and medium haul
Boeing 737-500 5 2 134 (0/0/134) Short and medium haul
Boeing 737-700W 6 0 149 (0/12/137) Short and medium haul
Boeing 737-800W 19 7 162 (0/14/148) Short and medium haul
Boeing 747-400 1 0 358 (18/44/296) Medium and long haul
Boeing 757-200 2 0 179 (0/18/161) Medium and long haul
Boeing 767-300ER 4 2 272 (0/32/240) Medium and long haul
Boeing 787-8 0 5 ? (--/--/--) Medium and long haul
Sub-total 41 16

Total 54 16

[edit] External links

Sister project Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Atlas Blue

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 80. 2007-03-27.
  2. ^ Airways magazine, April 2005
  3. ^ Atlas Blue website
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