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Old 10th Dec 2006, 17:17
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buzz were the first new airline of this millenium if I remember correctly, starting flights on January 4th 2000, after the company was revealed to the public in the autumn on 1999 as an offshoot of KLM UK. The airline was bought by Ryanair in January 2003, transferring flights over to Ryanair branded services in April of that year. Buzz remained flying for about 18 months under the brand "buzz stansted" with a fleet on Ryanair's thinner Boeing 737-300 routes, until these flights were eventually taken over by Ryanair's own 737-800s or dropped. They had quite an exciting brand and very good levels of customer service, but a lack of direction and a poor fleet meant that a Ryanair takeover was best as they'd probably have been closed down otherwise due to lack of profitabilty under AirFrance-KLM.
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