Blue Panorama ceases operations

According to Italian media, Blue Panorama, including blu-express and Luke Air, have ceased all operations on 26 October. The grounding is the result of a lack of cash-flow due to the Corona-pandemic, although the Italian carrier was financially struggling before Corona as well. The airline hopes the grounding is temporary as it has asked the government for Covid-support but so far the government has been very slow in releasing these funds to companies.

Blue Panorama Airlines was founded in 1998. It currently has a fleet of two A330-200s (in Luke Air-livery, parked at Naples), one B737-300 and one B737-400 (both parked at Naples) and eight B737-800s (six parked at Katowice, one at Bergamo and one at Naples).

Photo by Blue Panorama Airlines.