Air Europa 
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Air Europa, founded in 1986, Is the airline division of the Globalia Corporation. Since 1991 Air Europa has orientated its activity towards positioning itself as one of Europe's most modern airlines.
Its fleet comprises of 32 Next Generation Boeing aircrafts and a modern Airbus A340.
Air Europa's route network covers a large part of the Spanish territory, as well as destinations in Europe and the North of Africa (Paris, Milan, Rome, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, Lisbon, Porto, Tunis, marrakech...), Transatlantic (Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, USA...) and Asia (Pekin and Shanghai). Furthermore, Air Europa has signed code share agreements with Aeropostal, Air France, Portugalia, Alitalia, Continental Airlines, KLM, Malev, China Eastern and Tunisair.
Fleet
Air Europa has 30 Boeing 737-800, 3 Airbus 330-200 and 4 Boeing 767-300.
History
- 1986: Foundation of Air Europa, it begins operating as a commercial airline.
- 1991: The Company is sold to a group of investors led by Mr. Juan José Hidalgo.
- 1993: Air Europa becomes the first private company in Spain to operate domestic flights, thus putting an end to Iberia’s monopoly.
- 1994:
- The Company starts operating flights from Madrid to Barcelona, competing for Iberia’s most profitable itinerary.
- Air Europa, together with FCC –a reputed construction and services firm- create Eurohandling in order to offer Handling services to other carriers operating in Spanish airports.
- 1995: Air Europa flights to London and New York, thus entering the international flights market.
- 1996:
- Air Europa runs 750 weekly flights and initiates other itineraries such as Paris, Varadero, Salvador da Bahia, Asturias, Bilbao and Vigo.
- Air Europa creates a branch for regional flights called Air Europa Express, with a fleet of turboprop ATP-64.
- 1998: Air Europa joins a new holding company: Globalia Corporacion Empresarial.
- 1999: Air Europa incorporates the first six cutting-edge B737 out of the 15 it has nowadays.
- 2000:
- Air Europa purchases the first B767-300 directly from Boeing for transoceanic flights.
- Air Europa sets a fidelity programme for customers called "Fidelitas", which currently has over 130,000 members.
- Air Europa agrees code-shared routes with Alitalia, from MAD and BCN to other 11 national destinations.
- 2002: Air Europa implements wing-lets technology to the latest Boeing 737-800 aircrafts. This reduces fuel consumption significantly and pollutes less.
External Links
Official website of Air Europa
