Air Asturias
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| Founded | 2005 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2007 | ||||||
| Hubs | Asturias Airport | ||||||
| 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.
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]
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 tourist destination. 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. [citation needed]
Destinations
As of January 2007 LTE operated services to the following destinations in behalf of Air Asturias:
- Asturias (Asturias Airport)
- Brussels (Brussels Airport)
- Lisbon (Portela Airport)
- Madrid (Madrid Barajas International Airport)
- Paris (Charles de Gaulle International Airport)
- Rome (Leonardo da Vinci International Airport)
Fleet
Air Asturias fleet never included any plane. The following LTE's plane was painted in Air Asturias color scheme:
- 1 Airbus A320-214 (EC-ISI)
References
- ^ a b Flight International 27 March 2007
- ^ Airliner World January 2007
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