Privilege Style
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| Founded | 2003 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Destinations | Charter | ||||||
| Headquarters | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | ||||||
| Website | privilegestyle.com | ||||||
Privilege Style is a Spanish charter airline headquartered in Palma de Mallorca and based at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport.[1]
Operations[edit]
According to the airline, its VIP customers include several Spanish companies and also teams from Spain's first football league.[2] In June and July 2014, Privilege Style operated Finnair's flights from Helsinki to New York-JFK while one of Finnair's A330s was out of service for extended maintenance.[3] The same happened again in December 2015.[4] In the summer of 2015, the airline leased its Boeing 767-300ER to El Al. As of June 2016, all of Privilege Style's aircraft were operating for El Al, except the 767 which currently operates for Condor Flugdienst.[5]
In 2018 the 777 has been operated daily for Norwegian Air Shuttle on their since terminated Rome-Newark route, due to major technical issues affecting Norwegian’s 787 fleet. In late spring 2019, Norwegian again started using Privilege Style's 777 for their London-Miami route. In November 2019, Surinam Airways started using Privilege Style's 777 for their Paramaribo to Amsterdam route, after they had to suddenly retire their only long-haul plane, an aging Airbus A340.[6][7]
In February 2021, Privilege Style selected the Airbus A321 as a replacement for their aging 757s. The used A321 was previously operated by SriLankan Airlines.[8] In June 2023, an Airbus A330 was added to the fleet as a replacement for the Boeing 767. This aircraft was previously operated by Virgin Australia.[9]
Fleet[edit]
As of March 2024, Privilege Style's fleet consists of the following aircraft:[8]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Y | Total | |||
| Airbus A321-200 | 2 | — | — | 214 | 214 |
| Airbus A330-200 | 1 | — | 20 | 255 | 275 |
| Boeing 777-200ER | 1 | 1[8] | 30 | 282 | 312 |
| Total | 4 | 1 | |||
Criticism[edit]
The company's involvement in deportation flights from various EU countries has drawn criticism from some human rights activists. Privilege Style has allegedly been involved in the deportation of Jamaican migrants from the UK on 2 December 2020,[10] as well as in the deportation of Afghan migrants from Germany on 9 February 2021 and 4 April 2021.[11][12] The company was scheduled to undertake a deportation flight of asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda on 14 June 2022 although this never went ahead due to legal challenges.[13][14][15][16] After pressure from various campaign groups, in October 2022 the company announced that it wouldn't carry out any future deportation flights from the UK to Rwanda.[17]
References[edit]
- ^ "Privilege Style". AirlineUpdate.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ Privilege Style webpage, recovered 13 April 2014
- ^ "Finnairin koneen siivestä löytyi särö – yhtiö lentää New Yorkiin kesällä ulkomaalaisilla koneilla ja miehistöillä". Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ "finnair.com - Info". Finnair. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ "El al to lease a Spanish B767 for flights to Germany".
- ^ "PY 994 | Paramaribo - Amsterdam". Schiphol. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
- ^ Cross, Ryan (2019-11-01). "Surinam Airways Loses Long-Haul Capabilities". Morten Beyer & Agnew. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
- ^ a b c planespotters.net - Privilege Style Fleet Details and History retrieved 2 March 2024
- ^ "Privilege Style Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ^ "CorporateWatch.org". 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Twitter post by Berlin activist group No Borders". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ "Flight tracking provided by Deport Alarm". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ "Day of drama and despair before Rwanda flight called off". the Guardian. 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
- ^ Kellaway, Robert (2022-06-15). "'Privilege Style: Stop tearing families apart' Rwanda protesters' message to jet bosses". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ "First Rwanda deportation flight could be cancelled amid legal battles". TheGuardian.com. 13 June 2022.
- ^ Field, James (2022-06-14). "Privilege Style Under Fire For Involvement in Removing Refugees from the UK to Rwanda". AviationSource. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ^ "Airline hired for UK's Rwanda deportations pulls out of scheme". the Guardian. 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
External links[edit]
Media related to Privilege Style at Wikimedia Commons
