Spanair
defunct Spanish airline / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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; 37 years ago (1986-12) | ||||||
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Commenced operations | March 1988; 36 years ago (1988-03) | ||||||
Ceased operations | 27 January 2012; 12 years ago (2012-01-27) | ||||||
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 |
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