Alba Star
| Alba Star SA | |
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| IATA code : | AP |
| ICAO code : | LAV |
| Call sign : | ALBASTAR |
| Founding: | 2009 |
| Seat: |
Palma , Spain
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| Home airport : | Palma |
| IATA prefix code : | 374 |
| Fleet size: | 6th |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.albastar.es |
Alba Star SA is a Spanish cargo and passenger charter airline based in Palma .
history
Alba Star was founded on November 30th, 2009. Michael Harrington, who previously worked as CEO of the Spanish LTE, took over the management of the company . Most of the staff had previously worked for the Italian MyAir or LTE. The airline's largest donors are Italy Aviation Service Group , Kenobi Group and Femar . On July 30, 2010, the company received its flight permit and was able to start flight operations on the following day, July 31, 2010 with two Boeing 737-400s in the passenger version, both of which were stationed at Milan-Malpensa Airport. In January 2011, a Boeing 737-400 as a freight version followed, which, however, was stationed in Catania.
Destinations
Alba Star flies in the passenger charter for tour operators from various Italian cities to the Balearic and Canary Islands.
In spring 2013, Alba Star flew for REWE Touristik from Kassel and Erfurt with feeder flights from Rostock to Palma de Mallorca Airport .
As of summer 2020, Alba Star will be flying to Malpensa , Trapani , Lourdes and Bergamo airports .
fleet
As of April 2020, the Alba Star fleet consists of six aircraft with an average age of 20.4 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats | Average age
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| Boeing 737-400 | 1 | 170 | 28.3 years | ||
| Boeing 737-800 | 5 | with winglets fitted | 189 | 18.8 years | |
| total | 6th | - | 20.4 years |
An Airbus A320-200 was leased from SmartLynx over the summer of 2016 .
See also
Web links
- AlbaStar website (Spanish, English, French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the Alba Star SA
- ↑ austrianwings.info: Alba Star - new Spanish charter airline
- ↑ Video of the first flight
- ↑ planespotters.net: Alba Star - Details and Fleet History
- ↑ planespotters.net: AlbaStar aircraft
- ↑ albastar.es: About AlbaStar ( Memento from July 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ HNA.de accessed on April 4, 2013
- ↑ Alba Star - Destinations (English), accessed on July 3, 2020
- ↑ a b c Alba Star Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. April 24, 2020, accessed on April 25, 2020 .
