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[5] 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[3] In January 2020, Avia Solutions Group acquired 100% of Bluebird Nordic.[6]
In August 2021, Bluebird Nordic announced plans to increase its Boeing 737-800 fleet to 25 units by 2024.[7] On 4 January 2022, Bluebird Nordic acquired a Boeing 777-300ER which was formerly operated by Emirates.[8] 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.[9]
Bluebird Nordic ceased operations on 30 April 2024 and returned all aircraft to their lessors.[2]
Destinations
As of February 2021[update], Bluebird Nordic operated freight services to the following scheduled destinations in addition to ad-hoc and charter services:[4]