Airline Name
Spanair
IATA: JK / ICAO: JKK / Callsign: SPANAIR
Country of Origin
Aircraft Types Used (from those available in WoA)
A320 (A320-200)(19 operated),(Old livery, pre-2010)
(New livery, 2010-2012 - I believe only 1 wore it with another half painted, shows how great a financial situation they were in)
(Star Alliance),
(Bonus line of death at Dublin),
A321 (A321-200)(5 operated),
B712 (717-200)(4 operated)(not yet in-game),
F100 (Fokker 100)(3 operated),
MD82 (McDonnell Douglas 82)(16 operated)(not yet in-game),
(Star Alliance),
MD83 (McDonnell Douglas 83)(27 operated)(not yet in-game),
(Star Alliance),
MD87 (McDonnell Douglas 87)(18 operated)(not yet in-game),
(Star Alliance),
Previous livery,
B763 (767-300) (3 operated, would provide a bit of range for the airline),
Manchester moment,
Livery chart,
Why should this airline be added?
I didn’t realise hitting enter while holding shift posts.This airline existed from 1986 until 2012 when it went bankrupt, due to a number of reasons. It began as a new lower cost alternative to Iberia, founded by SAS, offering flights within the 1990s to Washington DC and Buenos Aires on its 767s, as well as European routes on its MD family, from its base in Barcelona. In 2002, a new livery was introduced along with a shakeup as the long haul flights weren’t profitable and the 767s were then sold off. The airline started operating short haul flights to Barcelona and to other Spanish holiday destinations from European cities, including my local of Liverpool. In 2008, SAS sold the majority of their shares in the airline, due in part to the financial crash and subsequent recession in 2008 and a fatal crash that August in Madrid, to the Catalan government whereby they had a competition for a new logo and brand. The airline was never after the loss of the SAS majority ownership and liquidated in early 2012 after the Catalan Government dropped their funding and Qatar Airways was blocked from investing, which is why they only had a couple of aircraft repainted. The SAS group had a massive drop in their shares ($12 million) due to the airlines collapse.
Bit of history as to the A330 from here,
This airline would add a bonus to Spain and Barcelona for players to operate into their airports as well as being a personal favourite of mine due to their oddball fleet. Plus, the A330 could be added for the range it would give the airline.
Edit; Found a couple of maps of destinations in 2012 before bankruptcy,
International,
Domestic destinations,
Also, Codeshare agreements the airline had in 2008,
