Ryjet, also known as RYJET - Aerotaxis del Mediterraneo, was a small

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based in

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. Despite the name of the airline its fleet included no jets, only

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aircraft.

History

The airline was founded in 1999 and projected to operate

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, cargo and charter services covering

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and

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. By 2011 the airline established a kind of

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between the southern Spanish city and the Spanish possession on the Moroccan coast raising the number of its flights to 108 per month. Ryjet made headlines in 2007 when it was revealed that it had asked high amounts as down-payments to pilots who wished to work for the company. In the following years other irregularities were detected in the operation of the airline. By March 2012 Ryjet had run into severe financial trouble and it had difficulties paying its bills; three months later —owing to default in payments to its lessors and to its employees— Ryjet announced that it ceased operations.

Fleet

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History

Fleet

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