Blue1 fleet renewal - B717 to BRU?

[pijaleu]

Strange nobody mentioned this before, but according to luchtvaartnieuws.nl Blue1 is getting rid of their BAe's and will acquire as up to 20 Boeing 717s.
So in a while we'll see 717s at BRU too I guess.
Never thought there were still so many 717s fying.
Where will they come from?

Anyone info is wellcome.

Thanks,
Pijaleu

[sdbelgium]

Probably Quantum Air and Bangkok Airways.

[euroflyer]

indeed a rather surprising choice ... must not be easy to buy "up to 20" of those aircraft second hand which should be in a more or less similar configuration (from a maintenance point of view). How many 717s have been built and how many are still flying in Europe? Have not seen one for quite some months now ...

[Bralo20]

How many 717s have been built and how many are still flying in Europe? Have not seen one for quite some months now ...

156 airplanes (Boeing 717-200) were build from 1995 till 2006 (last one build in april 2006). About 140 are still in service.

9 of those should be in Spain (Spanair (4) & Quantum Air (5, 2 of those are stored))

No others 712's are flying in the EU...

[RoMax]

Blue1 is close to it's first B717 delivery. The first aircraft (OH-BLM) is painted in Miami and should be deliverd very soon. I don't know when they operate the first B717 flight, but BRU will get it's first on 15 August I think.

The B717 also has the new colors of Blue1, every 717 will get a unique design.

OH-BLM was delivered on 15/05/2001 to AeBal as EC-HUZ and after that it operated for Quantum Air until it was stored in 11/2009.

Picture of the first 717 for Blue1 painted in new colors.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/worldairlinen ... 216180.asp

On this page you can see the different designs of the paint.
http://www.blue1.com/en/fi/About-us/Pre ... in-Blue1-/

I like this new livery. The previous was too white (especially on the longer MD's).

[sn26567]

Great idea to paint each aircraft in a different scheme, but still keeping the same appearance. It reminds the World Tails of British Airways, but in this case the tails were too different to keep a similar look. At Blue 1, the colours remain identical, only the design changes slightly from plane to plane. The final result is superb.

[earthman]

Sky Airways (an Antalya-based charter airline) has all their planes painted in the same livery but using a different color for each plane.

[RoMax]

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Blue1/Bo ... 1753933/L/

He is in Helsinki now. On this picture he has still the temporarily registration, but he should have the OH-BLM registration now.

And I say it again, I like this livery (and the fact that every 717 will have a slightly different design). The previous livery was too white on the longer MD90's and it wouldn't be nice on the 717's either. So Blue1 made a good choice.