Air Asturias

Air Asturias
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
Founded 2006
Hubs Asturias Airport
Fleet size 0
Destinations 5
Headquarters Avilés, Spain

Air Asturias was a short-lived airline based in Oviedo/Asturias, Spain. Its operations were started by LTE in November 2006 and ceased on January 26, 2007.

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History

The airline was established on 13 July 2005 and never started its own operations because Air Asturias never obtained its airline certificate. LTE started operations in behalf Air Asturias on 6 November 2006[1] using LTE's airline certificate and an Airbus A320-214 aircraft.[2] It ceased operations on January 26, 2007.[1]

Read the announcement given by the airline's CEO, Mr. Jose Antonio Fernandez here.

The main objective of the airline had been to provide affordable flights to and from Asturias and to promote the province of Asturias as a quality tourist destination. The airline aspired to offer its clients and customers a fully integrated and top quality service. Air Asturias aimed to expand its fleet of aircraft in order to provide more domestic and international flights including Barcelona, Malaga and Alicante, South Tenerife, Seville, Valencia and Palma de Mallorca, Milan, Frankfurt, Berlin, the Caribbean, Mexico, Venezuela and Panama.

Destinations

As of January 2007 LTE operated services to the following destinations in behalf of Air Asturias:

Fleet

Air Asturias fleet never included any plane. The following LTE's plane was painted in Air Asturias color scheme:

References

  1. ^ a b Flight International 27 March 2007
  2. ^ Airliner World January 2007

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