Quantum Air (formerly known as AeBal or Aerolíneas de Baleares) was an

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based in

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. It operated domestic scheduled services within Spain, as well as

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and ACMI operations all over Europe. Its fleet was originally wet-leased to

Spanair Spanair S.A. was a Spanish airline, with its head office in the Spanair Building in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, near Barcelona. Until 2009, it was a subsidiary of the SAS Group; the same parent company in control of Scandinavian Airlines and held ...

for use on domestic and international routes, but since 14 September 2008, they have operated on their own.

History

The company was established in 1999 with headquarters in

Son Sant Joan Airport Palma de Mallorca Airport — also known as Son Sant Joan Airport – is an international airport located east of Palma, Mallorca, Spain, adjacent to the village of Can Pastilla. In 2024, the airport handled 33.3 million passengers, making ...

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. Originally it was intended to be named AB Bluestar but the name was changed to AeBal - Aerolíneas de Baleares. The company started operations on 5 July 2000 from

with domestic services and an initial fleet of three

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aircraft. It was owned by Grupo Marsans (51%),

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(25%),

(18%) and VITRAC (6%). The company operated under the name AeBal - Spanair Link, retaining much of its Spanair pedigree in the livery. It had 155 employees in March 2007. A number of changes in the company's shareholding structure ended up with SAS Group owning 100% of the company. AeBal ceased operations on 16 September 2008, as part of the Spanair economic restructuring plan, canceling their wet-lease agreement. AeBal ceased to exist after it was sold by SAS in January 2009 to Proturin, a Spanish investment company controlled by former

Aerolíneas Argentinas Aerolíneas Argentinas, formally ''Aerolíneas Argentinas S.A.'', is the state-owned flag carrier of Argentina and the country's largest airline. The airline was created in 1949, from the merger of Aeroposta Argentina (AA), Aviación del Lito ...

CEO, Antonio Mata. In March 2009, AeBal was replaced by ''Quantum Air'', and its main base was moved from Mallorca to

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. Mata tried unsuccessfully to replace the ageing MD-87 with newer

. After several defaults in the payments of the plane leases, SAS made a move to impound the fleet and the planes were grounded during the legal squabbles that followed between SAS and Antonio Mata.Quantum Air suspende temporalmente su actividad 26 de enero de 2010 Europa Press
/ref> On 26 January 2010, Quantum Air temporarily ceased operations and ticketing. Finally in October 2012, a court in Palma de Mallorca issued a verdict in favour of the company, ordering SAS to pay 6.3 million €.

Destinations

Quantum Air operated to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of July 2009): *

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- Fuerteventura Airport *

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- base *

Palma de Mallorca Airport Palma de Mallorca Airport — also known as Son Sant Joan Airport – is an international airport located east of Palma, Mallorca, Spain, adjacent to the village of Can Pastilla. In 2024, the airport handled 33.3 million passengers, making ...

- base *

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Fleet

The Quantum Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of November 12, 2009). The entire fleet was delivered starting September 2010 to

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.Quantum Air Fleet

References

External links

*
Official website
(dead link, replaced by an unrelated website) (Japanese) {{SAS Group Airlines established in 1999 Airlines disestablished in 2010 Defunct airlines of Spain Former Star Alliance affiliate members Spanish companies established in 1999 Spanish companies disestablished in 2010

History

Destinations

Fleet

See also

References

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