Air Europa Express (legally incorporated as ''Aeronova, S.L.U.'' and previously doing business as Aeronova) is a Spanish

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. It is a subsidiary of Globalia (which is also the parent company of

Air Europa Air Europa Líneas Aéreas, S.A.U., branded as Air Europa, is the third-largest Spain, Spanish airline after Iberia (airline), Iberia and Vueling. The airline is headquartered in Llucmajor, Mallorca, Spain; it has its main hub at Adolfo Suárez M ...

). The airline is set to operate regional routes for Air Europa.

History

The airline was founded in Spain in 1996 as Aeronova and flew scheduled and charter flights on behalf of other companies. Aeronova also had a school offering training for pilots on the two types the airline flew, the

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and the

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. In November 2015, Globalia Corporacion, parent company of

, bought Aeronova. Later the same month it was announced that Globalia would rebrand the company as Air Europa Express to operate Air Europa's regional flights. The new Air Europa Express is Globalia's third attempt at creating a regional subsidiary. The first was another airline with the same name which collapsed in 2001; a second airline, known as Universal Airlines, never commenced operations. The airline commenced operations as Air Europa Express on 11 January 2016 with two daily flights between

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and

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; and one daily flight between

and

Palma de Mallorca Palma (, ; ), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is ...

; operating under the Aeronova

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(AOC). It was expected to get a new AOC in March 2016 to fully change the name from Aeronova to Air Europa Express. This change has not occurred yet, as the company still operates under the Aeronova legal name and AOC. Tickets for flights are only available for purchase from the Air Europa website. As of 2016, Globalia planned to have Air Europa grow and operate long-haul flights, and have Air Europa Express for short-haul and regional routes to be more competitive and reduce costs. The airline is not a part of Air Europa and therefore the staff of the airline would be totally independent of Air Europa.

Fleet

, Air Europa Express has retired the following aircraft opting to keep eight

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aircraft:

References

External links

Official website
{{Airlines of Spain Airlines of Spain Airlines established in 1996 Spanish companies established in 1996 Low-cost carriers Companies of the Balearic Islands Palma de Mallorca SkyTeam affiliate members