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Air Madrid Líneas Aéreas S.A. was an airline headquartered in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Community of Madrid, Spain,[1] operating services to Spain, Tenerife, Mexico, South America, Central America, Europe and Israel. It suspended its operations on 15 December 2006, leaving more than 330,000 passengers stranded in Latin America and Spain. Air Comet took over the Latin American routes, but has now ceased operations as well.

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Air Madrid

IATA ICAO Callsign NM DRD ALADA AIR
Founded	2003
Ceased operations	16 December 2006
Hubs	Madrid Barajas Airport
Fleet size	10
Parent company	Grupo Marsans
Headquarters	San Sebastián de los Reyes, Community of Madrid, Spain
Key people	José Luis Carrillo, President
Website	www.airmadrid.com

History

The airline was established in 2003 and, in May 2004, started operations with the delivery of two Airbus A330-200 aircraft. It was owned by Celuisma (20%), Hotusa (20%), Herpil (12.5%), Catalonia Hoteles (10%), Quo Viajes (10%), Viajes Eroski (10%) and others. Air Madrid planned to start a new short-haul scheduled arm to provide feeder traffic to its long-haul flights from Madrid. It also had talks to lease five Airbus A320 aircraft for services to Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Milan and Paris.[2]

In September 2006, the company had started experiencing longer-than-usual delays and several cancellations, with delays of up to 60 hours on flights to Latin America. As reported in El País, most of these delays were triggered by Spanish aviation authorities for safety reasons, refusing to allow certain aircraft to operate due to poor maintenance. After an investigation, the Dirección General de Aviación Civil recommended limiting Air Madrid's flights or suspending their licence altogether.[3]

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Air Madrid was suspended from IATA operations worldwide on December 15, 2006 following confirmation that the airline had ceased operations. On 16 December 2006, Air Madrid suspended all flights, leaving thousands of people stranded, as a consequence of a Spanish government investigation into its operations and due to constant customer complaints regarding poor service, which resulted in the cancellation of its operational licence.

Air Comet signed a deal with the Spanish government to take over the Latin American routes formerly operated by Air Madrid. The airline took on 53% of the Air Madrid workforce and agreed to fly back stranded passengers.[4]

Destinations

• Madrid to Bogotá, Bucharest, Buenos Aires, Cartagena, Fortaleza, Guayaquil, Lima, London Gatwick, Milan, Panama City, Paris, Rome, Mahon, Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza, Quito, San José, Costa Rica, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santiago, Tel Aviv and Toluca (Mexico City alternate airport).
• Barcelona to Bogotá, Bucharest, Buenos Aires, Cartagena, Fortaleza, Guayaquil, Milan, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santiago

Fleet

The Air Madrid fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of November 2006):[5]

• 1 Airbus A310-300 (to Air Transat as C-GTSX)
• 2 Airbus A319-132 (both going to Sichuan Airlines)
• 3 Airbus A330-200 (SE-RBG back to Novair)(EC-IYN and EC-IYB going to Air Comet "Viajes Pascual")
• 2 Airbus A330-300 (OO-SFW to Brussels Airlines)(the other going to Air Asia)
• 1 Airbus A340-300 Going to Air Comet[6]

References

External links

Media related to Air Madrid at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
• Flotte et Destinations Air Madrid

На других языках

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[de] Air Madrid

Air Madrid Líneas Aéreas S.A. war eine spanische Fluggesellschaft mit Sitz in Madrid und Basis auf dem Flughafen Madrid-Barajas.

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- [en] Air Madrid

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[es] Air Madrid

Air Madrid Líneas Aéreas S.A. fue una aerolínea española. La empresa suspendió sus operaciones de vuelo el 15 de diciembre de 2006.

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[fr] Air Madrid

Air Madrid était une compagnie aérienne espagnole basée à Madrid. Elle assure des vols à destination de l'Amérique centrale et de l'Amérique du Sud ainsi qu'en Europe.

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[it] Air Madrid

Air Madrid Líneas Aéreas SA era una compagnia aerea con sede a San Sebastián de los Reyes, Comunità di Madrid, in Spagna,[1] che gestiva i voli operativi per Spagna, Tenerife, Messico, Sud America, America Centrale, Europa e Israele. Sospese le sue operazioni il 15 dicembre 2006, lasciando oltre 330.000 passeggeri bloccati in America Latina e Spagna. L'Air Comet prese il controllo delle rotte latinoamericane, per poi cessare anch'essa le operazioni tre anni dopo.

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