Saicus Air was a
cargo airline based in
Madrid,
Spain. It took over
Flyant
Flyant, also known as FlyAnt Cargo, was an all- cargo airline based in Palma de Mallorca, 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 Baraj ...
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, for the symbolic amount of one Euro. The group continued on the cargo business and named the new airline Saicus Air. Cargo operations began in October 2009, mainly covering
Peninsular Spain and the
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
.
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In 2010 Saicus Air made an attempt to begin passenger services. It announced that it intended to acquire two McDonnell Douglas MD-87 formerly operated by Pronair
Pronair Airlines S.L. was a charter airline based in Albacete, Spain.
History
Pronair was established in 2007 beginning with air taxi services with a Cessna Citation II
The Cessna Citation II are light corporate jets built by Cessna as ...
. Only one of the planes, however, became part of the fleet in July 2010. In November 2010 Saicus Air announced that it would be in charge of running Bissau Airport
Osvaldo Vieira International Airport , also known as Bissau-Bissalanca Airport, is an international airport that serves the city of Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau, as well as the Metropolitan Region of Bissau. It is the only international ai ...
in Guinea Bissau
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...
and that it would inaugurate twice-weekly passenger flights between Bissau
Bissau () is the capital, and largest city of Guinea-Bissau. Bissau had a population of 492,004. Bissau is located on the Geba River estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean, and is Guinea-Bissau's largest city, major port, and its administrative and m ...
, Las Palmas and Madrid. However, in the first week of December 2010—less than a month after revealing its ambitious projects—the airline ceased operations. Its MD-87 was apparently abandoned at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport at that time.
Fleet
*1 Boeing 737-300F
*1 McDonnell Douglas MD-87Planespotters - Saicus Air
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See also
* List of defunct airlines of Spain
References
External links
*
Airline History; SpainCA Saicus Air
{{Airlines of Spain
Defunct airlines of Spain
Airlines established in 2008
Airlines disestablished in 2010
Defunct cargo airlines