Air Comet
Madrid -Barajas
Air Comet, Air Plus Comet earlier, was a Spanish scheduled and charter airline based in Madrid and a subsidiary of Grupo Marsan. On 22 December 2009, it provided the flight operations due to financial problems.
History
Air Comet Plus was founded in 1996 and took the 1997 flight operations. In the early years, the airline operated only charter flights and realized Subcharterdienste for many renowned airlines such as Air France, EgyptAir, Qantas Airways and Hapag Lloyd. 2007, the airline was renamed Air Comet and took over the destinations as well as 52 % of the employees of the bankrupt Air Madrid.
At the company Air Comet next to the travel group Viajes Marsans also the president of the Spanish Employers' Confederation Gerardo Diaz Ferran was involved.
On 11 October 2007, the Grupo Marsan How many of these were for a declaration of intent for the purchase of 61 Airbus aircraft known ( ten A350-900s, four A380-800s, five A330 -200s and 42 aircraft of the Airbus A320 family), Air Comet were determined is unknown. The Spanish airline was on a course of expansion and wanted to take on new destinations in operation shortly. As of August 2008, the first new aircraft were classified by the model A330 -200 in the fleet. By the end of 2009, the fleet renewal should be completed.
As of 2009, Air Comet came into financial problems. There was, for example, to flight cancellations and from April 2009, some employees their pay late or not at all. On 22 December 2009, the airline was eventually Earth-bound with immediate effect because a loan could not be paid off and, therefore, a court ordered the seizure of all aircraft. The company sought to insolvency proceedings, the workforce was laid off as a result. In the meantime, the Spanish Ministry of Transport had also drawn the pilot's license of the company.
Destinations
Air Comet flew in scheduled service only targets in South and Central America, including the Caribbean, at. Objectives were, among others, Buenos Aires and Bogotá. A goal line in Europe did not exist last. In the charter, other destinations were served on other continents.
Air Comet has also worked with other companies such as Air Europa, Aerosur, Aerolineas Argentinas, AeroRepública, Air One, El Al and Spanair together.
Fleet
As of August 2009, the fleet of Air Comet consisted of eight aircraft:
- 2 Airbus A320 -200
- 4 Airbus A330 -200
- 2 Airbus A340 -300
- 2 Airbus A330 -200
The fleet of Air Comet was completely renovated during 2008 and 2009. In addition, the fleet size of 12 aircraft should be extended to 20 aircraft in 2010. The aim was to design a long-haul fleet with the Airbus A330 -200. In August 2008, the first new A330 -200 was incorporated into the fleet in November and December 2008, the second and the third of 17 planned The airline also announced letters of intent for ten aircraft of the type Airbus A350 - 900XWB and four aircraft of the type Airbus A380 -800 from.