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Atlas Blue was a low-cost airline with its head office on the grounds of Marrakech-Menara Airport in Marrakech, Morocco, operating out of Menara International Airport.[1]
Atlas Blue was a subsidiary of Royal Air Maroc (RAM), operating chartered and scheduled services to Europe.[2] During 2010, Atlas Blue flights were rebranded as Royal Air Maroc flights, with the aircraft being re-painted in RAM livery.
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History
Atlas Blue was established on 28 May 2004 and started operations on 26 July 2004, with charter operations from Morocco 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.[3] Atlas Blue is owned by Royal Air Maroc (99.99%) and private investors (0.01%), and has 167 employees.[2]
At the end of 2009, Royal Air Maroc bought Atlas Blue. The Atlas Blue website was shut down on 21 January 2010.[4] By the end of 2010, the Atlas Blue brand ceased to exist.[5]
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Atlas Blue operated scheduled flights to the following destinations (as of February 2010):[6]
Africa
- Morocco
- Agadir - Al Massira Airport focus city
- Al Hoceima - Cherif Al Idrissi Airport
- Essaouira - Mogador Airport
- Fez - Saïss Airport
- Marrakesh - Menara International Airport Hub
- Nador - Nador International Airport Focus city
- Ouarzazate - Ouarzazate Airport
- Oujda - Angads Airport
- Tangier - Ibn Batouta International Airport Secondary Hub
Europe
- Belgium
- Brussels - Brussels Airport focus city
- Germany
- Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf Airport [seasonal]
- Frankfurt - Frankfurt Airport
- Munich - Munich Airport
- France
- Bordeaux - Bordeaux - Mérignac Airport
- Lille - Lesquin Airport
- Lyon - Saint-Exupéry Airport
- Marseille - Provence Airport
- Metz/Nancy - Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport [seasonal]
- Nantes - Atlantique Airport
- Nice - Côte d'Azur Airport
- Paris - Orly Airport
- Saint-Étienne – Bouthéon Airport [seasonal]
- Toulouse - Blagnac Airport
- Italy
- Poland
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
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Fleet
The Atlas Blue fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of January 2010) [7]
As of August 2010, all aircraft except of two Airbus A321 have been handed over to Royal Air Maroc.[7]
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