Spanair
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| IATA JK |
ICAO JKK |
Callsign SPANAIR |
| Founded | 1988 | |
| Hubs | Barajas International Airport El Prat International Airport |
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| Focus cities | Son Sant Joan Int'l Airport Tenerife North Airport |
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| Frequent flyer program | Spanair Plus | |
| Member lounge | Sala VIP | |
| Alliance | Star Alliance | |
| Fleet size | 60 | |
| Destinations | 25 | |
| Parent company | SAS Group | |
| Headquarters | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | |
| Key people | Lars Lindgren (Chairman) Marcus Hedblom (Chief Executive Officer) |
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| Website: http://www.spanair.com | ||
Spanair is an airline based in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. It is a subsidiary of Scandinavian Airlines Systems that provides a scheduled passenger network within Spain and Europe, with an extension to West Africa. Worldwide charters are also flown for tour companies. Its main base is Son Sant Joan Airport, with hubs at Barajas International Airport, Madrid and El Prat International Airport, Barcelona. It employs 2535 staff.
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The airline was established in December 1986 and began operations in March 1988. It was set up as a joint venture between Scandinavian Airlines Systems and Viajes Marsans, and began operations with European charters. Long-haul flights to the United States, Mexico and the Dominican Republic were launched in 1991, followed by domestic scheduled flights in March 1994. The airline flew long-haul flights with Boeing 767-300 aircraft to Washington and Buenos Aires in the late 1990s. Spanair joined Star Alliance in 2003.
The company is owned 94% by the SAS Group. SAS Group announced in a press release June 13, 2007 that it would sell its shares in Spanair.[1] The divestment was canceled on June 19, 2008 due to SAS not being able to sell for a price that it considered to "reflect the underlying value in Spanair".
A report in The Times on the day of the Madrid crash suggests that staff were threatening strike action due to concerns about the company's viability.[2]
- Daily flights from Madrid to Algiers and Casablanca and from Barcelona to Algiers all starting May 20, 2007. The flights will be operated by Airbus A320-200 aircraft. Daily flights from Bilbao to Jerez in the summer of 2007.
- Spanair will increase the frequency of its flights to Algeria as of September 2007, will offer two more passages in the Algiers-Barcelona line and one more in the Algiers-Madrid line. It will also start daily flights the next summer and inaugurate the Algiers-Palma de Mallorca line.[1]
For economy-class passengers traveling within Western Europe the airline offers a buy on board service offering food and drinks for purchase.[3]
On August 20, 2008 at 14:45 CEST, a Spanair McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft, flight number JK 5022, crashed with 165 passengers and nine crew members on board moments after takeoff from Terminal 4 at Madrid's Barajas Airport on a scheduled flight to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. 18 of the 172 on board survived. Initially 19 people survived, but one person died in hospital three days after the crash.[4] The Crash initial reports seem to be blamed on mechanics who failed to notice that the flap system was not operating properly and the warning device in the cockpit had not be repaired.
The Spanair fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 9 September 2008) [2]:
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers | Notes |
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| Airbus A320-232 | 19 | 156 – 180 | one operated for Arkefly |
| Airbus A321-231 | 5 | 212 | |
| Boeing 717-2K9 | 4 | 115-120 | three leased from Aerolíneas de Baleares |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 7 | 120 – 170 | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | 12 | ||
| McDonnell Douglas MD-87 | 13 | nine aircraft are leased from SAS Scandinavian Airlines |
Spanair has codeshare agreements with the following airlines as of April 2008:[5]
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Note: This list includes Star Alliance (SA) partners.
- ^ "New direction will ensure SASs future" (June 13, 2007).
- ^ Steve Keenan (August 20, 2008). "'Organised chaos' at crash airline Spanair - A report suggests pilots were planning strikes as Spanair planned job cuts and fewer flights after sell-off plan failed". Times Online.
- ^ "Menu and Minibar." Spanair. Accessed October 11, 2008.
- ^ "Spanish plane that crashed had overheated valve". Associated Press (August 21, 2008).
- ^ Spanair Codeshare Agreements
- Spanair (English)/(Spanish)
- SAS Group (English)
- Spanair MD-82 crash - August 20th 2008 - Investigation and photos
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