AIR EUROPA

'Air Europa Líneas Aéreas, S.A.' is an airline based in Palma, Majorca, Spain. It operates inclusive tour services between northern and western Europe and holiday resorts in the Canary Islands and Balearic Islands. It also operates domestic scheduled services and long-haul scheduled services to North America and the Caribbean. Its main base is Son Sant Joan Airport, Palma de Mallorca^[1].

Contents

History

Destinations

Fleet

Codeshare agreements

See also

References

External links

History

Air Europa started in 1986 (registered in Spain as Air España SA and previously known as such) as part of the British ILG-Air Europe Group and 75% owned by Spanish banks. It originally had a similar livery to Air Europe but with Air Europa titles, aircraft were registered in Spain and flew holiday charters from Mediterranean resorts and European cities using a Boeing 737-300. It was the first Spanish private company to operate national scheduled flights (besides charter flights which used to be its main business). When parent company ILG ceased trading in 1991 Air Europa continued profitably with a larger fleet of Boeing 737s. It signed a franchise agreement with Iberia in January 1998, but this has since been dissolved. It is now owned by Globalia Corporación Empresarial S.A. At the end of the 1990s Boeing 737-800 jets were introduced along with a new livery. In June 2005 it was announced among the four future associate members of SkyTeam Alliance, due to join by 2006. The joining date has since been postponed and is now September 2007.
In February 2007, Air Europa signed an agreement with the SkyTeam, moving them one step closer to joining the alliance.^[2]
They also operate charter flights on behalf of Thomas Cook flying to Doncaster / Sheffield Robin Hood Airport.

Destinations

See full article Air Europa destinations

Fleet

The Air Europa fleet consists of the following aircraft as of August 2007^[3]:

'Air Europa Fleet'

Aircraft	Total	Passengers	Notes
Airbus A330-200	3
Boeing 737-800	30 (36 orders)
Boeing 767-300ER	4

On June 15, 2005, Boeing confirmed that it had reached agreement with Air Europa (although subject to signature of a firm contract) on an order for 18 Boeing 737-800 aircraft (with options on a further 12 aircraft) ^[4]
Air Europa had an order for the original A350, but with the launch of the A350XWB the original A350 no longer exists.

Codeshare agreements

Air Europa has codeshare agreements with the following airlines as of January 2007:

★ Aeromexico

★ Air France

★ Cubana de Aviación

★ KLM

★ Northwest Airlines

See also

★ Fidelitas

★ Flying Blue

References

1. Directory: World Airlines
2. Air Europa reaches an Agreement with The SkyTeam (SkyTeam: February 7, 2007)
3. [1]
4. Air International, July 2005

External links

★ Air Europa

★ Air Europa Fleet