ASL Airlines Spain, formerly PAN Air Líneas Aéreas S.A., was a
cargo airline
Cargo airlines (or air freight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines mainly dedicated to the transport of cargo by air. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines.
In 2018, airline cargo traf ...
based at
Madrid–Barajas International Airport,
Spain
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. Its main hub was at
Madrid–Barajas International Airport with small hubs at
Barcelona–El Prat,
Seville
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,
Valencia
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,
Vitoria
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and
Zaragoza
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The airline mainly operated on the
TNT
Trinitrotoluene (), more commonly known as TNT, more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, is a chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3. TNT is occasionally used as a reagen ...
Express European Network. It also provided ad hoc charters.
History
PAN Air was established in 1987 and started operations in December 1988. The airline was formerly owned by
TNT Express Spain. On 5 February 2016
ASL Aviation Group
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announced it had agreed to purchase PAN Air on the condition that FedEx takes over TNT Express. PAN Air was later renamed ''ASL Airlines Spain''.
ASL Airlines Spain ceased operations in August 2018.
Fleet
The ASL Airlines Spain fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of September 2016):
See also
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ASL Airlines Belgium
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ASL Airlines France
ASL Airlines France, (ASLI) formerly ''Europe Airpost'', is an airline based in Paris-Charles de Gaulle and operates out of major French airports. The airline operates both cargo and passenger flights with a fleet of B737 aircraft including the B ...
*
ASL Airlines Hungary
ASL Airlines Hungary Kft, formerly ''Farnair Hungary'', was an airline based on the property of Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest, Hungary.
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ASL Airlines Ireland
ASL Airlines Ireland (ASLI), formerly Air Contractors, is a cargo airline with an extensive operations network. It operates scheduled freight services throughout Europe on behalf of major parcel integrators such as Amazon, FedEx Feeder and DHL ...
*
ASL Airlines Switzerland
ASL Airlines Switzerland AG was a Swiss passenger charter and freight airline. The airline operated package delivery services from its base at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg throughout Europe, in addition to transport for the Swiss Armed ...
References
External links
ASL Airlines Spain
{{Airlines of Spain
Defunct airlines of Spain
Airlines established in 1987
Airlines disestablished in 2018