Transeuropa Compañía de Aviación
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Transeuropa (IATA: TR, ICAO: , and Callsign: TransEuropa) was a charter airline from Spain that operated from 1965 until 1982.
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[edit] Company History
Trans-Europa Companía de Aviación SA was founded in July 1965 and began operations two months later using a single Douglas DC-7B for ad hoc charters, both passenger and freight from its base at Palma de Mallorca. It was during 1969 that the SE 210 Caravelle was introduced into the fleet. That would be the only aircraft type that TransEuropa would operate throughout its history.
The Caravelles were used to fly tourists from the resto of Europe to Spain, mainly Palma de Mallorca. At the same time, Transeuropa ever stopped the freight operations, mostly on behalf of Iberia using Caravelle 11R combi aircraft.
Transeuropa also served the Canary Islands, Morocco and Tunisia, mostly from Germany. In 1976 six Caravelle 10Rs were being operated. An economic recession in the early 1980s led to a fall on charter demand and the airline was kept flying with help from the Spanish government. By this time, with the increase in the price of aviation fuel and the age of the Caravelles there was a need to modernize the fleet. Due to lack of capital that could not be done and at the beginning of the summer season of 1982 TransEuropa ceased flying and most of the assets were taken over by AVIACO. [1]
[edit] Fleet Details
- 1 - Douglas DC-7B
- 1 - Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas
- 10 - SE 210 Caravelle both 10R and 11R.
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[edit] References
- ^ Airlines Remembered by BI Hengi, Publisher Midland Publishing
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