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Transeuropa was a
charter airline Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft (i.e., chartering) as opposed to individual aircraft seats (i.e., purchasing a ticket through a traditional airline). Regulation Charter – also called air taxi or ad hoc – flights ...
from Spain that operated from 1965 until 1982.


Company history

Trans-Europa Companía de Aviación SA was founded in July 1965 and began operations two months later using a single Douglas DC-7 for ''ad hoc'' charters, both passenger and freight, from its base at Palma de Mallorca. Later, it purchased DC-4s for freighter operations. It was during 1969 that the SE 210 Caravelle was introduced into the fleet. An economic recession in 1979 led to a fall in charter demand and the airline was purchased by the Spanish government, through the ''
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'' (INI), the National Institute of Industry, and took delivery of six Fokker 27 for short haul operations on behalf of Iberia and Aviaco. By this time, with the increase in the price of aviation fuel and the Caravelle aircraft becoming obsolete there was a need to modernize the fleet. However, the fleet could not be modernized owing to lack of capital. By the beginning of 1982 TransEuropa ceased operations and most of its assets were taken over by Aviaco.''Airlines Remembered'' by BI Hengi (Midland Publishing)


Destinations

Trans-Europa's Caravelles were used to fly tourists from different locations in Europe to Spain, mainly Palma de Mallorca. As tourism grew Transeuropa stopped its freight operations, most of which had been carried out on behalf of
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using its Caravelle 11R combi aircraft. Transeuropa also served the Canary Islands,
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, mostly from Germany. In 1976, six Caravelle 10Rs were being operated.


Fleet

*4 -
Douglas DC-4 The Douglas DC-4 is an American four-engined (piston), propeller-driven airliner developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Military versions of the plane, the C-54 and R5D, served during World War II, in the Berlin Airlift and into the 1 ...
*1 -
Douglas DC-7 The Douglas DC-7 is an American transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1953 to 1958. A derivative of the DC-6, it was the last major piston engine-powered transport made by Douglas, being developed shortly after the earl ...
*3 - Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas *8 - SE 210 Caravelle both 10R and 11R. *6 - Fokker 27-600


See also

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