Fly Blue Crane Explained

Airline:	Fly Blue Crane
Iata:	7B
Icao:	FCO
Callsign:	BLUE CRANE
Ceased:	3 February 2017
Founded:	1 September 2015
Headquarters:	Johannesburg, South Africa
Key People:	Siza Mzimela (CEO)

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 Embraer ERJ 145 aircraft on services between Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Kimberley and 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]} 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':^[5]

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

Fleet

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

Notes and References

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