Spanair carrying tourists to Spain from more than 100 European airports

A FEW WORDS ABOUT SPANAIR - web site

Spanair S.A., a Spanish airline was founded in December of 1986. Spanair began operations with its international charter flights at the end of March 1988, carrying tourists to Spain from more than 100 European airports. Since then more than 104* million passengers have flown with Spanair.

In February of 1994 Spanair began its domestic scheduled operation within Spain, while at the same time establishing its ground personnel service system. At present, 87% of the company’s flights are scheduled, while the remaining 13% are split between Charter and other operations*.

In November of 1997 Spanair began its first scheduled flights to intercontinental markets with service between Madrid and Dulles international airport in Washington. This was followed by flights from Madrid to Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and Havana, which have led to code share agreements with many prestigious airlines.

On March 2002 Spanair becomes a member of the SAS Group. Since April 1st 2003, Spanair, is a member of the Star Alliance network, the biggest and most successful airline alliance in the world.

Since the 10th of March 2008, in order to increase its flexibility, Spanair launched its Spanairx4 product, which gives customers flying its domestic routes the option of choosing between four different flight classes: Business, Avant, Economy Plus and Economy. The company is thereby offering its passengers a time-saving product, which enhances flexibility and adds to the advantages offered by the four classes.

On 31st January 2009 Iniciatives Empresarials Aeronàutiques (IEASA) acquire a majority stake of 80.1% in Spanair and SAS Group remains a 19.9% minority shareholder in Spanair and acts as its industrial partner.