Bluebird Nordic

Bluebird Nordic, formerly Bluebird Cargo, was a cargo airline based in Reykjavík, Iceland, operating scheduled and chartered cargo services to and from Iceland and within Europe out of its base at Keflavík International Airport, with a special focus on Liège Airport and East Midlands Airport as freight hubs.^[2]

Bluebird Cargo was established in 1999 and started operations in March 2001. Operations began with daily freighter services between Iceland, the United Kingdom and Germany with a single Boeing 737-300F. It was wholly owned by Icelandair Group^[3] until 2010 and had 63 employees as of 2007.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, the airline was bought by Haru Holding and Steinn Logi Björnsson became CEO. In 2017, the company changed their name from Bluebird Cargo to Bluebird Nordic^[2] In January 2020, Avia Solutions Group acquired 100% of Bluebird Nordic.^[4]

In August 2021, Bluebird Nordic announced plans to increase its Boeing 737-800 fleet to 25 by 2024.^[5] On 4 January 2022, Bluebird Nordic acquired a Boeing 777-300ER which was formerly operated by Emirates.^[6] On 25 January 2022, Bluebird Nordic acquired another 777-300ER which was formerly operated by Cathay Pacific. In April 2022, Bluebird Nordic appointed Audrone Keinyte as new CEO.^[7]

Bluebird Nordic ceased operations on 30 April 2024 and returned all aircraft to their lessors.^[8]

As of February 2021^[update], Bluebird Nordic operated freight services to the following scheduled destinations in addition to ad-hoc and charter services:^[1]

• Billund - Billund Airport
• Dublin – Dublin Airport
• Reykjavík – Keflavík International Airport, base

At the time of its cessation it operated three Boeing 737-400Fs and one Boeing 777-200F.^[8]

Media related to Bluebird Cargo at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website