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List of defunct airlines of Spain

This is a list of defunct airlines of Spain.

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This is a list of defunct airlines of Spain.


Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced
operations 		Ceased
operations 		Notes
A
AB Bluestar 2000 2000 Renamed to AeBal. Operated Boeing 717-2001
AeBal-Spanair Link DF ABH AIR BALEAR 1999 2008 Renamed to Quantum Air
Aerlyper 1965 1979 2
Aeroflete FW FLETE 1968 1974 Operated Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-43
Aeromarket Express ARM AMEX 1988 1992 Operated Douglas DC-34
Aeronaves La Dorada ALD DORADA ? ? 5
Aeronova UX OVA AERONOVA 1996 2016 Rebranded as Air Europa Express. Operated ATR 42, Fairchild Metro III67
Aeropublic PUB AEROPUBLIC ? ? 8
Aerotaxis Axa AXT AEROAXA ? ? 9
Aerotransporte de España 1977 1984 Operated Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-6, Fairchild FH-22710
Aerovento OTO OTO 1997 2002 Operated Aérospatiale Corvette, Beech King Air C90, Swearingen Metro II11
Aeroway AWY AEROWEE ? ? 12
Air Alboran AHB ALHAMBRA ? ? 13
Air Andalucia 2003 2005 14
Air Asturias 2006 2007 15
Air Atlantic QD 1992 1999 Operated Beech 1900D, Swearingen Merlin IV16
Air Cargo Spain MW 1983 1987 Operated Douglas DC-8, Swearingen Merlin IV17
Air Canarias CAN AIRCAN ? ? 18
Air Catalunia 1985 1986 Operated Swearingen Merlin IV19
Air Catalunya 2001 2002 Operated Fairchild Metro III20
Air Comet A7 MPD RED COMET 1996 2009 21
Air Condal JID CONDAL 1974 1979 Operated HS 74822
Air Cordoba CDB AIR CORDOBA ? ? 23
Air España 1984 1986 Renamed to Air Europa24
Air Este EET AESTE 2006 2009 Established as Fly LPI. Operated Saab 340, Swearingen Merlin IV25
Air Europa Canarias GCE EUROPA CANARIAS 1999 2001 Regional airline. Operated Boeing 737-30026
Air Europa Express UX PMI EUROPA 1996 2001 27
Air Madrid NM DRD ALADA AIR 2003 2006 28
Air Pack Express PCK 2004 2008 Operated Cessna Caravan29
Air Plus Comet 1996 2007 Renamed Air Comet21
Air Spain JA AIR SPAIN 1966 1975 30
AirClass Airways VSG VISIG 2003 2008 31
AirSur KG NCR NACAR 1986 1991 Established as Canafrica Transportes Aereos. Operated BAe 146, Douglas DC-9, MD-8332
Alaire ALR 2001 2017 Operated HS 748, Cessna Cargomaster33
Ándalus Líneas Aéreas EA ANU ANDALUS 2008 2010 34
Andalusair AAN ANDALUSAIR 1999 2000 Operated Airbus A320-23135
Arcadia 1999 1999 Operated DC-10-3036
ARM Palfe ARM AMEX 1989 1999 Established as Aeromarket Express. Operated Douglas DC-3, Piper Aztec37
Artac Aviación AVS ARTAC 2002 2006 Operated Swearingen Merlin IV38
ASL Airlines Spain PV PNR SKYJET 1987 2018 Formerly called PAN Air.
Atlantic Airways RCU AIR COURIER 1999 2003 Established as Air Atlantic (Spain) in 199239
Audeli Air ADI AUDELI 1987 2005 Renamed to Gestair Airlines
Aviaco AO AYC AVIACO 1948 1999 Merged with Iberia40
Azimut AZT AZIMUT 1997 1997 41
B
Barair BAI BARAI ? ? 42
Basaer 1996 2000 Operated Douglas DC-743
BCM Airlines TY BCM BCM AIRLINES 1996 1998 Operated Airbus A320-231
Binter Mediterraneo AX BIM BINTER 1988 2001 Bought by Air Nostrum44
Boreal Aviación BRV BOREAL AVIACION 1999 2030 Operated Airbus A320-23145
Bravo Airlines BQ BBV BRAVO 2004 2008 46
C
CAETA (Compañía Anonima Española de Transporte Aéreo) 1939 1940 Merged into Lineas Aereas Postales Españolas47
CANA (Compañía Auxiliar De Navegación Aérea) 1947 1949 Founded by Ultano Kindelan. Operated Miles Aerovan, Miles Gemini, Miles Messenger, Siebel Si 20448
Canarias Aeronautica 2008 2010 Renamed to Canaryfly49
Canarias Air Cargo CCS CANARIAS CARGO 1995 2000 Operated Douglas DC-850
Canarias Regional Air FW CNM CANARIAS AIR 1998 2000 51
Cargosur OW OWS CARGOSUR 1987 1995 Merged with Iberia. Operated Douglas DC-8-625253
Centennial Airlines BE CNA CANNON 1993 1996 54
CLASSA (Concesionaria de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas) CLASSA 1929 1931 Merged with LAPE55
Clickair XG CLI CLICKJET 2006 2009 Merged with Vueling5657
Cosmo Airlines KOM BLACKEAGLE 2012 2012 Operated Airbus A320-20058
CTA (Canafrica Transportes Aereos) KG NCR NACAR 1985 1987 Renamed to Canafrica. Operated Douglas DC-8, MD-8359
Cygnus Air XG RGN CYGNUS AIR 1998 2007
D
Delta Aviation DET DELTA AVIATION ? ? 60
Delta Jet DEJ DELTA JET ? ? 61
Drenair DRS 1986 2003 62
E
Euro Continental Air ECN EURO CONTINENTAL 2004 2006 Operated Swearingen Merlin IV63
Euro First Air - Canarias Cargo EFA CARGOCANARIAS 2000 2000 Cargo airline64
European Air Cargo 1992 2002 65
European Regions Airlines EA EUA GOLDEN ANGEL 1998 2000 Operated Embraer 14566
Evelop Airlines E9 EVE EVELOP 2013 2021 Merged with Orbest to form Iberojet. Operated Airbus A320-200, Airbus A330-200, Airbus A330-300, Airbus A330-9006768
F
Flyant FYA FLYANT 2006 2008 Cargo airline69
Flylink Express 2003 2009 70
FlySur 2008 2008 TAER Andalus was renamed Flysur in the last months of operation.71
Futura International Airways FH FUA FUTURA 1989 2008 72
G
Gadair European Airlines GP GDR GADAIR 2007 2009 73
Gestair Cargo XG RGN REGIONAL LINEAS 2007 2013 Renamed Cygnus Air for the second time.74
Girjet 8G GJT BANJET 2003 2008 75
GoodFly 2011 2013 Operated Beech 1900D, Fairchild Metro III, Fokker 50, MD-87, Saab 340B76
H
Helitt Líneas Aéreas H9 HTH ALBORAN 2011 2014 77
Hispania Airways 2011 2012 78
Hispania Líneas Aéreas HI HSL Sunbeam 1982 1989 79
Hola Airlines H5 HOA HOLA 2002 2010 80
I
Iberworld TY IWD IBERWORLD 1998 2011
IMD Airways 2008 2009 81
Intermediación Aérea IEA 1997 2005
Islas Airways IF ISW PINTADERA 2003 2012
L
LagunAir N7 LGA LAGUNAIR 2003 2008 82
LAPE LAPE 1932 1939 Expropriated83
Líneas Aéreas Canarias L9 LCN LAC 1985 1990 Bought by Meridiana Air
Líneas Aéreas Navarras 1994 1997 84
LTE International Airways XO LTE FUN JET 1987 2008 85
M
Melilla Airlines 2013
Meridiana S.A. 1991 1992 86
Mint Airways IM MIC MINT AIRWAYS 2009 2012 87
N
Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios ZN NAY NAYSA 1969 2018 Merged into Binter Canarias
Nort Jet EL ENJ Nortjet 1989 1992 88
O
Oasis Airlines OB AAN Oasis 1986 1996
Orbest Orizonia Airlines TY IWD IBERWORLD 2011 2013
Orionair ORI RED GLOBE 2004 2008 89
P
PauknAir PV PAUKNAIR 1995 1998 90
Plaza Servicios Aéreos 2006 2008 91
Prima Air 1996 1996 88
Pronair PRJ PRONAIR 2007 2009 92
Pyrenair 2006 2011
Q
Quantum Air QO QTM QUANTUM 2008 2010 Initially named Aerolíneas de Baleares93
R
Rioja Airlines Rioja Airlines 2007 2007 94
Ryjet W2 RYJ RYJET 1999 2012 95
S
Saicus Air FYA 2008 2010 Cargo airline96
Sky Service Aviation SKT 1992 2005 Merged with Gestair97
South Atlantic Airways HRC 2000 2001
Spanair JK JKK SPANAIR 1986 2012 9899
Spantax BX BXS SPANTAX 1959 1988 Merged into Spanair100101
T
Tadair TDC Tadair 1990 2003 102
TAE – Trabajos Aéreos y Enlaces JK TAE 1966 2000 103
TASSA – Trabajos Aéreos del Sahara Eine Douglas DC-7 der TASSA KI TASSA 1961 1965 104
Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics H5 CTB SUNNYHEART 2017 2021 105
Top Fly TLY 1998 2009 106
Transeuropa TR TRANSEUROPA 1965 1982 107
U
Unión Aérea Española 1925 1929 Merged with Concesionaria de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas (CLASSA)108
Universair 1986 1992 109
V
Viva Air FV VIV VIVA 1988 1998 110
Volar Airlines DRS 2001 2005 111
See also

See also

References

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Further reading

Further reading

  • Pecker B.-Grange C. Perez, Cronica de la aviacion espanola, SILEX, Madrid, 1983
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