Blue1 Oy was a Finnish airline owned by the Irish CityJet. It was formerly a subsidiary of the SAS Group and flew to around 28 destinations in Europe, mainly from its base at Helsinki Airport. The airline has its head office in Vantaa.
The airline was established in 1987 and started operations in 1988 as Air Botnia, flying Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirantes on night cargo flights and on passenger services from Helsinki to Kauhajoki and Seinäjoki. The airline was purchased by SAS Group in January 1998. Air Botnia was renamed Blue1 in January 2004. In October 2015, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) announced the sale of Blue1 to CityJet.
The airline was a member of Star Alliance.
Livery
Boeing-717-2K9, registration OH-BLO, built 1999, serial number 55056 Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 19 July 2015
