List of defunct airlines of Spain

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 717-200[1]
AeBal-Spanair Link DF ABH AIR BALEAR 1999 2008 Renamed to Quantum Air[2]
Aerlyper 1965 1979 [3]
Aeroflete FW FLETE 1968 1974 Operated Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-4[4]
Aeromarket Express ARM AMEX 1988 1992 Operated Douglas DC-3[5]
Aeronaves La Dorada ALD DORADA ? ? [6]
Aeronova UX OVA AERONOVA 1996 2016 Rebranded as Air Europa Express. Operated ATR 42, Fairchild Metro III[7][8]
Aeropublic PUB AEROPUBLIC ? ? [9]
Aerotaxis Axa AXT AEROAXA ? ? [10]
Aerotransporte de España 1977 1984 Operated Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-6, Fairchild FH-227[11]
Aerovento OTO OTO 1997 2002 Operated Aérospatiale Corvette, Beech King Air C90, Swearingen Metro II[12]
Aeroway AWY AEROWEE ? ? [13]
Air Alboran AHB ALHAMBRA ? ? [14]
Air Andalucia 2003 2005 [15]
Air Asturias 2006 2007 [16]
Air Atlantic QD 1992 1999 Operated Beech 1900D, Swearingen Merlin IV[17]
Air Cargo Spain MW 1983 1987 Operated Douglas DC-8, Swearingen Merlin IV[18]
Air Canarias CAN AIRCAN ? ? [19]
Air Catalunia 1985 1986 Operated Swearingen Merlin IV[20]
Air Catalunya 2001 2002 Operated Fairchild Metro III[21]
Air Comet A7 MPD RED COMET 1996 2009 [22]
Air Condal JID CONDAL 1974 1979 Operated HS 748[23]
Air Cordoba CDB AIR CORDOBA ? ? [24]
Air España 1984 1986 Renamed to Air Europa[25]
Air Este EET AESTE 2006 2009 Established as Fly LPI. Operated Saab 340, Swearingen Merlin IV[26]
Air Europa Canarias GCE EUROPA CANARIAS 1999 2001 Regional airline. Operated Boeing 737-300[27]
Air Europa Express UX PMI EUROPA 1996 2001 [28]
Air Madrid NM DRD ALADA AIR 2003 2006 [29]
Air Pack Express PCK 2004 2008 Operated Cessna Caravan[30]
Air Plus Comet 1996 2007 Renamed Air Comet[22]
Air Spain JA AIR SPAIN 1966 1975 [31]
AirClass Airways VSG VISIG 2003 2008 [32]
AirSur KG NCR NACAR 1986 1991 Established as Canafrica Transportes Aereos. Operated BAe 146, Douglas DC-9, MD-83[33]
Alaire ALR 2001 2017 Operated HS 748, Cessna Cargomaster[34]
Ándalus Líneas Aéreas EA ANU ANDALUS 2008 2010 [35]
Andalusair AAN ANDALUSAIR 1999 2000 Operated Airbus A320-231[36]
Arcadia 1999 1999 Operated DC-10-30[37]
ARM Palfe ARM AMEX 1989 1999 Established as Aeromarket Express. Operated Douglas DC-3, Piper Aztec[38]
Artac Aviación AVS ARTAC 2002 2006 Operated Swearingen Merlin IV[39]
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 1992[40]
Audeli Air ADI AUDELI 1987 2005 Renamed to Gestair Airlines
Aviaco AO AYC AVIACO 1948 1999 Merged with Iberia[41]
Azimut AZT AZIMUT 1997 1997 [42]
B
Barair BAI BARAI ? ? [43]
Basaer 1996 2000 Operated Douglas DC-7[44]
BCM Airlines TY BCM BCM AIRLINES 1996 1998 Operated Airbus A320-231[45]
Binter Mediterraneo AX BIM BINTER 1988 2001 Bought by Air Nostrum[46]
Boreal Aviación BRV BOREAL AVIACION 1999 2030 Operated Airbus A320-231[47]
Bravo Airlines BQ BBV BRAVO 2004 2008 [48]
C
CAETA (Compañía Anonima Española de Transporte Aéreo) 1939 1940 Merged into Lineas Aereas Postales Españolas[49]
CANA (Compañía Auxiliar De Navegación Aérea) 1947 1949 Founded by Ultano Kindelan. Operated Miles Aerovan, Miles Gemini, Miles Messenger, Siebel Si 204[50]
Canarias Aeronautica 2008 2010 Renamed to Canaryfly[51]
Canarias Air Cargo CCS CANARIAS CARGO 1995 2000 Operated Douglas DC-8[52]
Canarias Regional Air FW CNM CANARIAS AIR 1998 2000 [53]
Cargosur OW OWS CARGOSUR 1987 1995 Merged with Iberia. Operated Douglas DC-8-62[54][55][56]
Centennial Airlines BE CNA CANNON 1993 1996 [57]
CLASSA (Concesionaria de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas) CLASSA 1929 1931 Merged with LAPE[58]
Clickair XG CLI CLICKJET 2006 2009 Merged with Vueling[59][60]
Cosmo Airlines KOM BLACKEAGLE 2012 2012 Operated Airbus A320-200[61]
CTA (Canafrica Transportes Aereos) KG NCR NACAR 1985 1987 Renamed to Canafrica. Operated Douglas DC-8, MD-83[62]
Cygnus Air XG RGN CYGNUS AIR 1998 2007
D
Delta Aviation DET DELTA AVIATION ? ? [63]
Delta Jet DEJ DELTA JET ? ? [64]
Drenair DRS 1986 2003 [65]
E
Euro Continental Air ECN EURO CONTINENTAL 2004 2006 Operated Swearingen Merlin IV[66]
Euro First Air - Canarias Cargo EFA CARGOCANARIAS 2000 2000 Cargo airline[67]
European Air Cargo 1992 2002 [68]
European Regions Airlines EA EUA GOLDEN ANGEL 1998 2000 Operated Embraer 145[69]
Evelop Airlines E9 EVE EVELOP 2013 2021 Merged with Orbes to form Iberojet. Operated Airbus A320-200, Airbus A330-200, Airbus A330-300, Airbus A330-900[70][71][72]
F
Flyant FYA FLYANT 2006 2008 Cargo airline[73]
Flylink Express 2003 2009 [74]
FlySur 2008 2008 TAER Andalus was renamed Flysur in the last months of operation.[75]
Futura International Airways FH FUA FUTURA 1989 2008 [76]
G
Gadair European Airlines GP GDR GADAIR 2007 2009 [77]
Gestair Cargo XG RGN REGIONAL LINEAS 2007 2013 Renamed Cygnus Air for the second time.[78]
Girjet 8G GJT BANJET 2003 2008 [79]
GoodFly 2011 2013 Operated Beech 1900D, Fairchild Metro III, Fokker 50, MD-87, Saab 340B[80]
H
Helitt Líneas Aéreas H9 HTH ALBORAN 2011 2014 [81]
Hispania Airways 2011 2012 [82]
Hispania Líneas Aéreas HI HSL Sunbeam 1982 1989 [83]
Hola Airlines H5 HOA HOLA 2002 2010 [84]
I
Iberworld TY IWD IBERWORLD 1998 2011 [citation needed]
IMD Airways 2008 2009 [85]
Intermediación Aérea IEA 1997 2005 [86]
Islas Airways IF ISW PINTADERA 2003 2012 [citation needed]
L
LagunAir N7 LGA LAGUNAIR 2003 2008 [87]
LAPE LAPE 1932 1939 Expropriated[88]
Líneas Aéreas Canarias L9 LCN LAC 1985 1990 Bought by Meridiana Air[89]
Líneas Aéreas Navarras 1994 1997 [90]
LTE International Airways XO LTE FUN JET 1987 2008 [91]
M
Melilla Airlines 2013
Meridiana Air 1990 1992 [92]
Mint Airways IM MIC MINT AIRWAYS 2009 2012 [93]
N
Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios ZN NAY NAYSA 1969 2018 Merged into Binter Canarias
Nort Jet EL ENJ Nortjet 1989 1992 [94]
O
Oasis Airlines OB AAN Oasis 1986 1996 [citation needed]
Orbest Orizonia Airlines TY IWD IBERWORLD 2011 2013 [citation needed]
Orionair ORI RED GLOBE 2004 2008 [95]
P
PauknAir PV PAUKNAIR 1995 1998 [96]
Plaza Servicios Aéreos 2006 2008 [97]
Prima Air 1996 1996 [94]
Pronair PRJ PRONAIR 2007 2009 [98]
Pyrenair 2006 2011
Q
Quantum Air QO QTM QUANTUM 2008 2010 Initially named Aerolíneas de Baleares[99]
R
Rioja Airlines Rioja Airlines 2007 2007 [100]
Ryjet W2 RYJ RYJET 1999 2012 [101]
S
Saicus Air FYA 2008 2010 Cargo airline[102]
Sky Service Aviation SKT 1992 2005 Merged with Gestair[103]
South Atlantic Airways HRC 2000 2001 [104]
Spanair JK JKK SPANAIR 1986 2012 [105][106]
Spantax BX BXS SPANTAX 1959 1988 Merged into Spanair[107][108]
T
Tadair TDC Tadair 1990 2003 [109]
TAE – Trabajos Aéreos y Enlaces JK TAE 1966 2000 [110]
TASSA – Trabajos Aéreos del Sahara Eine Douglas DC-7 der TASSA KI TASSA 1961 1965 [111]
Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics H5 CTB SUNNYHEART 2017 2021 [112]
Top Fly TLY 1998 2009 [113]
Transeuropa TR TRANSEUROPA 1965 1982 [114]
U
Unión Aérea Española 1925 1929 Merged with Concesionaria de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas (CLASSA)[115]
Universair 1986 1992 [116]
V
Viva Air FV VIV VIVA 1988 1998 [117]
Volar Airlines DRS 2001 2005 [118]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Aebal
  3. ^ "Aerlyper". Airline History. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Aeroflete". Airline History. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Aeromarket Express". Aviation Safety. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Aeronaves La Dorada". Airport Insider. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Informacion Corporativa / Air Europa". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  8. ^ "Aeronova". Airline History. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Aeropublic". Airport Insider. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Aerotaxis Axa". Airport Insider. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
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  12. ^ "Aerovento". Airline History. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
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  14. ^ "Air Alboran". Airport Insider. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
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  20. ^ "Air Catalunia". Airport Insider. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
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  39. ^ "Artac Aviación". rzjets. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  40. ^ "Atlantic Airways (Spain)". Airline History. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  41. ^ Sociedad de Transportes Aviación y Comercio S.A.
  42. ^ "Azimut". Airline History. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  43. ^ "Barair". Airport Insider. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  44. ^ "Basaer". Airline History. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  45. ^ Planespotters – BCM Airlines
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  47. ^ "Boreal Aviación". Airline History. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  48. ^ Bravo Airlines
  49. ^ "CAETA (Cia. Anonima Espanola de Transporte Aereo)". Airline History. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  50. ^ "CANA (Compania Auxiliar De Navegacion Aerea)". Airline History. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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  52. ^ "Canarias Air Cargo". Airline History. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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  54. ^ Planespotters / Cargosur
  55. ^ El Pais, 2 de junio de 1995; Acuerdo en Cargosur para cesar su actividad e integrar parte de la plantilla en Iberia
  56. ^ El Pais, 5 de septiembre de 1989; Cargosur.
  57. ^ España: Un juez instruye la posible quiebra fraudulenta de Centennial Airlines
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  59. ^ Vueling To Merge With Clickair
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  61. ^ "Cosmo Airlines". Airline History. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  62. ^ "CTA (Canafrica Transportes Aereos)". Airline History. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  63. ^ "Delta Aviation". Airpots Insider. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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  65. ^ Drenair
  66. ^ "Euro Continental Air". rzjets. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  67. ^ Airline Colors – Euro First Air/Canarias Cargo
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  69. ^ "European Regions Airlines". rzjets. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  70. ^ "Evelop Airlines". Airline History. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  71. ^ "Evelop Airlines". rzjets. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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  78. ^ ch-aviation – Gestair sells off cargo subsidiary; now operating as Cygnus Air again
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  82. ^ Ideal – Hispania Airways aspira a alcanzar 80.000 pasajeros con sus nuevas rutas en Granada
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  84. ^ "Hola Airlines suspends all operations". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 16 February 2010.
  85. ^ IMD Airways
  86. ^ Planelogger – Intermediación Aérea Fleet
  87. ^ LagunAir
  88. ^ LAPE
  89. ^ LAC
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  92. ^ Meridiana Air
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  99. ^ Quantum Air re-branded
  100. ^ Rioja Airlines comunica a sus clientes la suspensión de sus vuelos desde Agoncillo
  101. ^ Ryjet Aerotaxis del Mediterráneo
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  103. ^ Cinco Días – Gestair compra Sky Service y refuerza su posición en vuelos para ejecutivos
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  114. ^ Airlines Remembered by BI Hengi, Midland Publishing
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  116. ^ Universair / Airliners
  117. ^ Viva Air Fleet
  118. ^ Flight International 5–11 April 2005

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