Orbest Orizonia Airlines
| Orbest Orizonia Airlines, SA | |
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| IATA code : | IP |
| ICAO code : | IWD |
| Call sign : | IBERWORLD |
| Founding: | 1998 |
| Operation stopped: | 2013 |
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Palma , Spain
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| Home airport : | Palma airport |
| Fleet size: | 8th |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Orbest Orizonia Airlines, SA ceased operations in 2013. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Orbest Orizonia Airlines, SA (originally Iberworld Airlines ) was a Spanish airline based in Palma and based at Palma Airport . It was a subsidiary of the insolvent Spanish tourism group Orizonia .
history
Founding and first years as Iberworld
The airline was founded under the name Iberworld Airlines in 1998 and started operating on April 11, 1998 with a Lockheed L-1011 leased from Classic Airways . The very next day, she received her first Airbus A320-200 , four more A320s followed by the end of the year and the L-1011 was returned to the lessor. In February 1998 an Airbus A310-300 taken over by Transavia joined the fleet, and in the same year it received its fifth A320. The first Airbus A330-200 entered the fleet in 2001.
New concept as Orbest Orizonia
On May 1, 2011, Iberworld Airlines was renamed Orbest Orizonia Airlines and a new corporate design was introduced. At the same time, the concept was expanded from charter to scheduled flights .
On December 10, 2012, Orizonia announced the sale of the airline to Grupo Globalia , the parent company of Air Europa . Orizonia has since filed for bankruptcy , but the competition authorities have not yet given final approval to the takeover of Orbest Orizonia Airlines by Grupo Globalia . As a result, a large part of the fleet had been on the ground since February 15, 2013 and numerous flights had to be canceled, and the company's website was shut down. At the beginning of March 2013, Orbest Orizonia transferred its remaining aircraft to its Portuguese sister company Orbest and ceased operations completely.
fleet
As of December 2012, the Orbest Orizonia Airlines fleet consisted of eight aircraft:
- 6 Airbus A320-200s with 180 seats each
- 2 Airbus A330-300s with 388 seats each
See also
Web links
- Orbest Orizonia Airlines website (Spanish, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b economicsnewspaper.com - Iberworld reinvents Orbest ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on June 12, 2011
- ↑ a b ch-aviation.ch - Orizonia files for bankruptcy protection, cancels some Orbest flights February 18, 2013
- ↑ http://economia.elpais.com/economia/2013/02/15/actualidad/1360925150_804940.html
- ↑ ch-aviation.ch - Spain's Orbest transfers remaining A320-200s to Portugal, suspends ops (English) March 4, 2013
- ↑ ch-aviation.ch - Orbest Orizonia Airlines' fleet, accessed on November 5, 2011
