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

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low-cost airline A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (occasionally referred to as '' no-frills'', ''budget'' or '' discount carrier'' or ''airline'', and abbreviated as ''LCC'') is an airline that is operated with an especially high emphasis on minimizing op ...

. 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 Spanish airline after Iberia and Vueling. The airline is headquartered in Llucmajor, Mallorca, Spain; it has its main hub at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport ...

). 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 ATR 42 and the Fairchild SA-227 Metro. 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; 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

The Air Europa Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of December 2022):

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