Fly Blue Crane

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Fly Blue Crane
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
7B FCO BLUE CRANE
Founded1 September 2015
Ceased operations3 February 2017
HubsO. R. Tambo International Airport
HeadquartersJohannesburg, South Africa
Key people
  • CEO
    )
  • Theunis Potgieter (CCO)

Fly Blue Crane was a South African regional airline based in Johannesburg, with its hub at O. R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa. The company slogan is A fresh approach.

History

The airline started services on 1 September 2015 and was initially using two

Nelspruit.[1] On 14 November 2016 Fly Blue Crane entered into business rescue[2] and on 3 February 2017, the airline announced that they had to discontinue flights indefinitely as they restructure their operations.[3][4][5]
Flights have not resumed since, and their website is inoperative.

Destinations

Fly Blue Crane flew to the following destinations before, on 3 February 2017, the airline announced that it had cancelled all flights 'as part of a business rescue plan':[3]

Country City Airport Notes Ref.
South Africa Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein Airport
 (suspended) [6][7]
South Africa Cape Town Cape Town International Airport (suspended) [6][7]
South Africa Johannesburg O. R. Tambo International Airport (suspended) [6][7]
South Africa Kimberley Kimberley Airport (suspended) [6][7]
South Africa Mthatha Mthatha Airport (suspended) [8]
South Africa
Nelspruit
 Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport Terminated [9]

Fleet

Embraer ERJ 145

Fly Blue Crane operated the following aircraft as of August 2016:[10]

Fly Blue Crane fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Y
Embraer ERJ 145
 2 — 50 [11]
Total 2 0

References

  1. ^ "New South African Carrier". Airliner World: 14. November 2015.
  2. ^ "South Africa's Fly Blue Crane enters into Business Rescue". Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Fly Blue Crane cancels flights as part of business rescue plan". Traveller. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  4. ^ "Fly Blue Crane Flights". Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  5. ^ "South Africa's Fly Blue Crane suspends operations". ch-aviation. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d "Fly Blue Crane – SUSPENDED • Kimberley • CITY PORTAL".
  7. ^ a b c d "Flight Schedule". Fly Blue Crane. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  8. ^ Liu, Jim (19 August 2016). "Fly Blue Crane adds Mthatha service from Oct 2016". Airline Route. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  9. ^ Brophy, Selene (19 December 2015). "Fly Blue Crane cancels Joburg to Nelspruit route". Traveller24. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Embraer 135/145 Active with Fly Blue Crane". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Fleet". Fly Blue Crane. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

External links

Media related to Fly Blue Crane at Wikimedia Commons

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