Spanair
Spanair was an airline based in Catalonia which is in Spain. It's main base of operations or hub is at Barcelona Airport but it also flew many flights from Madrid Airport and Palma de Mallorca Airport. The airline was a member of the major airline alliance Star Alliance. Spanair stopped its flight operations the 27th of January, 2012, when its closure was announced.[1]
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| Founded | December 1986 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | March 1988 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 27 January 2012 | ||||||
| Hubs | Barcelona | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Spanair Star[2] | ||||||
| Alliance | Star Alliance (2003–2012) | ||||||
| Fleet size | 29 | ||||||
| Destinations | 40 | ||||||
| Parent company | Consortium of Investors (led by Consorci de Turisme de Barcelona and Catalana d'Iniciatives) (80.1%) iberiojet (19.9%) | ||||||
| Headquarters | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain | ||||||
| Key people | Mike Szücs, CEO[3] | ||||||
| Website | spanair | ||||||
Destinations
[change | change source]Spanair flew mainly to destinations in Europe with only a very limited number of flights to the north of Africa. They also had charter flights for holiday companies.
Fleet
[change | change source]This is a summary of the Spanair fleet:
- 19x Airbus A320
- 5x Airbus A321
- 4x Boeing 717
- 2x McDonnell Douglas MD-82
- 5x McDonnell Douglas MD-83
- 8x McDonnell Douglas MD-87
The entire fleet was sold to different airlines in 2012.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Drum, Bruce (2012-01-27). "Spanair to shut down tonight after Qatar Airways declines to invest". World Airline News. Archived from the original on 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ↑ "spanair.com". www.spanair.com. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ↑ "spanair.com". www.spanair.com. Retrieved 13 November 2017.