Buzz Airlines

[VFR Transit]

Hello,

Im looking for the dates that Buzz Airlines was operational before they were sold and merged with Ryanair. For example 1990 - 2002.

Thanks ever so much.

VFR

[bmibaby.com]

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.

[VFR Transit]

Great

BMIBABY.COM,

Thank you ever so much for the detailed information, and was just what i needed. do you know any information on Virgin Sun this time as that is the other one i am looking for history on?

Regards

VFR

[Musket90]

After April 2003 in addition to the B733'S some of the Buzz 146's continued to fly under Ryanair until they were disposed of a few months later.

[bean]

The reason for Ryanairs' purchase was that at that stage there were certain destinations sereved from Stansted that a non UK operating licence holder was unable to serve.
With the entry of most of the countries concerned into the EU a UK operating licence became unnecassary. Thus completing the decimation of an airline with it's ancestry going back over fifty years & although I never worked for them, I know it was to the heartbreak of many loyal staff

[Groundloop]

Originally Posted by bmibaby.com

The airline was bought by Ryanair in January 2003, transferring flights over to Ryanair branded services in April of that year.

Eh, not quite. Remember Ryanair caused a lot of ill feeling by grounding the entire Buzz operation for the WHOLE of April while they worked out what to do with it!

[airborne_artist]

I only flew with Buzz twice, to Berlin Schoenefeld from Stansted and back. I remember it being good, and when I asked for coffee, I got a cafetiere with proper ground coffee, rather than the warm Bovril-tasting stuff that other airlines purvey.