Air Europa Express

Air Europa Express (legally incorporated as Aeronova, S.L.U. and previously doing business as Aeronova) is a Spanish regional low-cost airline. It is a subsidiary of Globalia (which is also the parent company of Air Europa). The airline is set to operate regional routes for Air Europa.^[3]

Air Europa Express

Air Europa Express Boeing 737-800 at Frankfurt Airport
IATA ICAO Call sign X5 OVA AERONOVA
Founded	1996; 29 years ago (1996) (as Aeronova)
AOC #	ES.AOC.020[1]
Hubs	Madrid[2] Palma de Mallorca[2]
Frequent-flyer program	Suma
Alliance	SkyTeam (affiliate)
Fleet size	9
Parent company	Air Europa
Headquarters	Son Sant Joan, Mallorca, Spain[3]

History

The airline was founded in Spain in 1996 as Aeronova and flew scheduled and charter flights on behalf of other companies. Aeronova also had a school offering training for pilots on the two types the airline flew, the ATR 42 and the Fairchild Metroliner.^[4]

In November 2015, Globalia Corporacion, parent company of Air Europa, bought Aeronova.^[2][5] Later the same month, it was announced that Globalia would rebrand the company as Air Europa Express to operate Air Europa's regional flights.^[2][6][7][8]

The new Air Europa Express is Globalia's third attempt at creating a regional subsidiary. The first was another airline with the same name which collapsed in 2001; a second airline, known as Universal Airlines, never commenced operations.^[3]

The airline commenced operations as Air Europa Express on 11 January 2016 with two daily flights between Valencia and Madrid; and one daily flight between Valencia and Palma de Mallorca; operating under the Aeronova Air operator's certificate (AOC).^[9][3][10] It was expected to get a new AOC in March 2016 to fully change the name from Aeronova to Air Europa Express.^[2] This change has not occurred yet, as the company still operates under the Aeronova legal name and AOC.^[1] Tickets for flights are only available for purchase from the Air Europa website.^[11]

As of 2016, Globalia planned to have Air Europa grow and operate long-haul flights, and have Air Europa Express for short-haul and regional routes to be more competitive and reduce costs. The airline is not a part of Air Europa and therefore the staff of the airline would be totally independent of Air Europa.^[2][7][12]

Fleet

Air Europa Express former Embraer E195 at Frankfurt Airport

As of June 2025^[update], Air Europa Express has retired the following aircraft opting to keep nine Boeing 737-800 aircraft:^[13]

Air Europa Express fleet

Aircraft	Retired	Orders	Passengers			Notes
			C	Y	Total
ATR 42-300	2	—	—	50	50
ATR 72-500	8	—	—	68	68
Embraer E195	11	—	12	108	120
Total	21	—