Flyant, also known as FlyAnt Cargo, was an all-
cargo airline based in
Palma de Mallorca
Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situate ...
, Spain. It operated domestic scheduled services, as well as charter services and ACMI
wet leases in Europe and
West Africa. Its main base was
Madrid Barajas International Airport.
History
The airline started operations on 4 July 2006, was wholly owned by
Futura International Airways
Futura International Airways was an airline with its head office in the ''Zona Facturación'' on the property of Palma de Mallorca Airport in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. It operated scheduled services and charter flights for tour operators and ot ...
and had 20 employees by March 2007.
Its aircraft AOCs were transferred to AGROAR for Spanish flights, and Air One for Italian flights when Futura closed down on September 22, 2008, although eventually the airline fully ceased operations on 14 December of that year.
After ceasing operations Flyant was sold for the symbolic amount of one Euro, to New Iberital, a Catalan logistics group. The group continued on the cargo business and named the new airline
Saicus Air
Saicus Air was a cargo airline based in Madrid, Spain. It took over Flyant aircraft after that airline ceased operations in 2008.
History
After ceasing operations in December 2008 Flyant Cargo was sold to New Iberital, a Catalan logistics group, ...
.
Destinations
Flyant's first 737 operated five weekly cargo services from Madrid to
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and
Tenerife.
The second one was based at Rome-Fuimiccino, performing a five weekly "Posta" service from Rome to Brescia, on behalf Air One.
Flyant also operated a daily cargo flight between
Lisbon
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and
Funchal.
Fleet
The Flyant fleet consisted of the following aircraft
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*1 Boeing 737-300F
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Development began in 1979 and the first variant, the 737-300, first flew in Februa ...
As of 13 December 2008, the average age of the Flyant fleet was 20 years.Airfleets
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See also
* List of defunct airlines of Spain
References
External links
*
Flyant WebsiteMotorcycle Shipping
{{Airlines of Spain
Defunct airlines of Spain
Airlines established in 2006
Airlines disestablished in 2008
Defunct cargo airlines
Cargo airlines of Spain
Spanish companies disestablished in 2008
Spanish companies established in 2006