LagunAir
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| LagunAir | ||
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| IATA N7 |
ICAO JEV |
Callsign LAGUNAIR |
| Founded | September 29, 2003 | |
| Hubs | León Airport | |
| Focus cities / secondary hubs | Salamanca Airport, Valladolid Airport | |
| Fleet size | 4 | |
| Destinations | 13 | |
| Parent company | AGELCO Group | |
| Headquarters | León, Spain | |
| Key people | Santos LLamas (CEO) | |
| Website: http://www.lagunair.es | ||
LagunAir Líneas Aéreas, usually referred to simply as LagunAir, is a regional airline based in León, northwestern Spain. It operates a primary hub at León Airport and maintains focus city operations at Valladolid Airport and Salamanca Airport, connecting the Castilla-León region with major Spanish destinations.
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[edit] History
Initially owned by the León Airport Consortium the company began to operate on September 29, 2003 with a flight from León to Barcelona's El Prat airport. LagunAir stopped operating in January 2005, allegedly due to excessive technical difficulties to operate from León Airport and the mismanagement of the later by Aena. In February 2005 it was subsequently bought and relaunched by AGELCO Group, acronym for Agrupación de Empresarios Leoneses de la Construcción, a local Leonese investor group. The company resumed operations in March 2005.
[edit] Expansion Plans
The new ownership re-oriented the firm and set up a long-term strategy aimed at becoming the leading regional airline in Castilla-León. Electronic ticketing was introduced in May 2005 and the company reached several agreements with major Spanish tour operators. The strategic expansion plan includes increasing the company's capital to 14 million euros in order to renew the current SAAB turboprop fleet with longer-range Embraer jet aircraft and setting up focus city operations at the other major Castilla-León airports, beginning with Valladolid Airport and Salamanca Airport, and eventually also expanding to Burgos Airport.
[edit] Destinations
- Léon
- Alicante
- Barcelona
- Ibiza
- Jerez de la Frontera
- Madrid
- Málaga
- Menorca
- Palma de Mallorca
- Sevilla
- Valencia
- Valladolid Beginning November 2006
- Salamanca Beginning November 2006
Also, LagunAir plans to serve Burgos Airport in the future.
[edit] Fleet
As of October 2006 the LagunAir fleet includes:[1][2]
The company expects to receive one further ERJ-145 before the end of this year, which will probably replace one of the SAAB aircraft.
