Futura International Airways
| Futura International Airways | |
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| IATA code : | FH |
| ICAO code : | FUA |
| Call sign : | FUTURA |
| Founding: | 1989 |
| Operation stopped: | 2008 |
| Seat: |
Palma de Mallorca , Spain
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| Home airport : | * Palma |
| Management: | Roman Pané |
| Fleet size: | 27 |
| Aims: | Europe, North Africa |
| Futura International Airways ceased operations in 2008. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Futura International Airways was a Spanish charter airline based in Palma , Mallorca .
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history
Futura International Airways was founded in 1989 as a joint venture between Aer Lingus , Belton Air and Banco Santander . The first flight took place on February 17, 1990. In the 1990s, the company grew through its independent route structure, which relied on niche connections, across Europe.
In 2007 there was a cooperation with Cirrus Airlines from which Futura Germany emerged . The aircraft used came back to the parent company.
On September 8, 2008, Futura International Airways filed for bankruptcy because of around 50 million euros in debts and at the same time flight operations were suspended. The company had spoken out against wage concessions for employees. The authorities also spoke out against restructuring the company; in addition, GECAS had terminated leasing contracts for 15 aircraft because the installments were not paid on time. As a result, the license to fly was withdrawn two weeks later. Most recently, Futura had partially lent aircraft to Binter Canarias , ArkeFly and Air Algérie .
Futura had two subsidiaries: the Irish Futura Gael and the Spanish freight company FlyAnt Cargo . Both also ceased flight operations.
fleet
When flight operations were discontinued in September 2008, the Futura fleet consisted of 27 aircraft:
- 2 Boeing 737-300
- 11 Boeing 737-400
- 12 Boeing 737-800
- 2 Boeing 737-900 ( leased from GECAS )
- Orders
- 3 Boeing 737-800
Six other aircraft were operated by the two subsidiaries.
See also
Web links
- Official website of Futura (no longer available)
Individual evidence
- ↑ ch-aviation.ch: Fleet of the Futura International Airways ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. September 17, 2008
- ^ Boeing: Orders from Futura International Airways April 22, 2008
