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Wamos Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
EB PLM PULLMAN
Founded23 June 2003
HubsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
Fleet size13
Destinations5 scheduled plus charters
Parent company
HeadquartersPiovera, Madrid, Spain[1]
Websitewamosair.com

Wamos Air, formerly Pullmantur Air, is a Spanish airline headquartered in Madrid.[2] It mostly operates leisure charter flights, several of them on behalf of sister company Pullmantur Cruises from its main base at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport. As of 2016, it is 81% owned by Springwater Capital and 19% owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises.[3] The British Government charted a Wamos Air 747 multiple times to repatriate British citizens in Wuhan, China and Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Destinations

Wamos Air A330-200
Wamos Air Boeing 747-400
Pullmantur Air Boeing 747-400 in the 2003 livery
Pullmantur Air Boeing 747-400 in the 2013 livery

Scheduled destinations

As of December 2019, Wamos Air offers scheduled flights under its own brand name to the following destinations:[4]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
Cuba Varadero Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport
Dominican Republic Punta Cana Punta Cana International Airport
Samaná Samaná El Catey International Airport Seasonal
Mexico Cancún Cancún International Airport
Spain Madrid Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport Hub
United States Orlando Orlando Sanford International Airport Seasonal
[5]

Fleet

As of June 2020, the Wamos Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:[6]

Wamos Air fleet
Type In Fleet Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Airbus A330-200 2 24 242 266
2 19 268 287
2 20 307 327
1 357 357
Boeing 747-400 2 12 443 455 To be retired by 2023.[7]
1 10 453 463
1 24 451 475
Total 11

References

  1. ^ "Wamos Air (contact)". www.wamosair.com. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Contact". Wamos Air. Retrieved August 28, 2016. WAMOS AIR SPAIN-MADRID Calle Mahonia nº2 - C.P. 28043 - MADRID
  3. ^ Page, David (16 January 2016). "Gowaii y Wamos recuperan su alianza comercial tras sellar la paz" [Gowaii and Wamos recover their commercial alliance after peaceful settlement]. Sabemos (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2016. The deal also involved the departure of Gowaii Wamos capital, selling his remaining indirect interest in the tourist company to Springwater (which controls 81% of Wamos, compared with 19% owned by Royal Caribbean).
  4. ^ "Destinations". wamosair.com.
  5. ^ Liu, Jim (19 January 2020). "Wamos Air adds Madrid – Orlando Sanford service in S20". Routesonline.
  6. ^ "Wamos Air Fleet". wamosair.com.
  7. ^ "Spain's Wamos Air to retire B747 by 2021 or 2023". ch-aviation.

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