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Hispania Líneas Aéreas was a Spanish charter airline.
Code and fleet information
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hispania Lineas Aereas Defunct airlines of Spain Airlines established in 1982 Airlines disestablished in 1989 1989 disestablishments in Spain Spanish companies established in 1982
Hispania Líneas Aéreas was a Spanish charter airline.
Company history
Hispania was founded in 1982 as an on-demand charter operator and began operations using two SE 210 Caravelle aircraft on charter flights to the Spanish resorts fromGreat Britain
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, Germany
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, France
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and other countries. In 1985 three Boeing 737-200
The Boeing 737 is a narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Boeing Renton Factory, Renton Factory in Washington (state), Washington.
Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retains the Boeing 707, 7 ...
were added and those eventually replaced all the Caravelles. As business increased, Hispania acquired a new fleet consisting of Boeing 737-300
The Boeing 737 Classic is a series of narrow-body airliners produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the second generation of the Boeing 737 series of aircraft.
Development began in 1979 and the first variant, the 737-300, first flew in Febru ...
and Boeing 757-200
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The then-named 7N7, a twinjet successor for the Boeing 727, 727 (a trijet), received its first orders in August 1978.
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, however, the aircraft lease payments were too expensive for the carrier to sustain and in 1988 it was nearly acquired by 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 w ...
. After the attempted takeover and other cash-investment schemes failed, Hispania ceased operations in July 1989.Airlines Remembered by BI Hengi, Publisher Midland Publishing
Fleet details
*3 - SE 210 Caravelle *3 -Boeing 737-200
The Boeing 737 is a narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Boeing Renton Factory, Renton Factory in Washington (state), Washington.
Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retains the Boeing 707, 7 ...
*8 - Boeing 737-300
The Boeing 737 Classic is a series of narrow-body airliners produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the second generation of the Boeing 737 series of aircraft.
Development began in 1979 and the first variant, the 737-300, first flew in Febru ...
*2 - Boeing 757-23A(ER)
*2 - Douglas DC-8-61
The Douglas DC-8 (sometimes McDonnell Douglas DC-8) is a long-range narrow-body airliner built by the American Douglas Aircraft Company.
After losing the May 1954 US Air Force tanker competition to the Boeing KC-135, Douglas announced in Ju ...
(leased from Nationair Canada
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)
See also
*List of defunct airlines of Spain
This is a list of defunct airlines of Spain.
See also
* List of airlines of Spain
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*Code and fleet information
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hispania Lineas Aereas Defunct airlines of Spain Airlines established in 1982 Airlines disestablished in 1989 1989 disestablishments in Spain Spanish companies established in 1982