Europe Trip 2013: Blue1

I'm back home in New Zealand now, so it is time to catch up on a whole bunch of photos I have wanted to post for the past couple of weeks.

In this post we have a series of 4 Blue1 [part of SAS] Boeing 717-200's from Helsinki-Vantaa airport. I was excited to fly from Copenhagen-Kastrup to Helsinki-Vantaa in early June - it was the first time I had flown on a B717, aka MD95. What I particularly like about the Blue1 aircraft in particular is the really detailed livery. Note the different colours in the first two pictures [as always, click on the images for larger versions].

Anyway, on to the photos:

Boeing 717-2CM, OH-BLI

Boeing 717-23S, OH-BLQ

Boeing 717-2K9, OH-BLO

Boeing 717-2CM, OH-BLH

Europe Trip 2013: UK to Finland

Three days ago I flew from London Heathrow [ICAO code: EGLL] to Copenhagen-Kastrup [EKCH] and then on to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport [EFHK] in Finland.

The first flight was on an SAS Airbus A320 and from Copenhagen, I was on a Blue1 Boeing 717-2CM, OH-BLI. It is the first time I have been on a B717, which is basically a rebranded  McDonnell Douglas MD95. The B717 was quite comfortable to fly on - the only strange thing was that the cabin air blowers appeared to have a direct relationship engine speed... as the power came on, the air blowers worked harder and vice versa :-)

On to the photos. There are no photographs from Heathrow - it's just not a good place to get photos [once in the terminal at least]. The following photographs are all from Copenhagen. First is one of the signs on arrival. The aircraft photos are, in order:

2 x Canadair CL600-2D24, OY-KFE, of Sandinavian Airlines [SAS]
BAE Systems Avro 146-RJ100, OO-BWH, of Brussels Airlines
Fokker F28-0100, OE-LVB, of Austrian Airlines
Boeing 717-2CM, OH-BLI, of Blue1. These aircraft have a really nice livery!

Last photo is at the departure gates as we boarded.

Apologies for the photo quality - these were all taken through the terminal glass, and some are more or less into the sun...