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{{Short description|Former Spanish low cost airline}}
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airline=Clickair|
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|logo = ClickAir.png
fleet_size=10 |
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destinations=19|
|fleet_size = 26
IATA=XG|
|destinations = 41
ICAO=AIS|
|IATA = XG
callsign=XG|
|ICAO = CLI
parent=[[Iberia Airlines]]|
|callsign = CLICKJET
company_slogan=|
|parent = [[Iberia (airline)|Iberia]]
founded=2006|
|founded = 2006 (as Catair)
headquarters=[[Barcelona]], [[Spain]]|
|commenced = 1 October 2006
key_people=|
|ceased = 15 July 2009 (merged with [[Vueling]])
hubs=[[Barcelona International Airport]]|
|headquarters = [[El Prat de Llobregat]], [[Catalonia]], [[Spain]]
focus_cities=[[San Pablo Airport]], [[Valencia Airport]]|
|key_people = [[Álex Cruz (businessman)|Álex Cruz]] ([[CEO]])<br>Carlos Losada (President)
frequent_flyer=|
|bases = <div>
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* {{nowrap|[[Barcelona–El Prat Airport]]}}
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* [[Málaga Airport]]
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* [[San Pablo Airport|Seville Airport]]
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* [[Valencia Airport]]</div>
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'''Clickair''' was a [[Low-cost carrier|low-cost airline]] that was based in the ''Parc de Negocis Mas Blau'' in [[El Prat de Llobregat]], near [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]].<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20061117212309/http://www.clickair.com/view/default.aspx?lang=2&menu=81&menu2=111&pagina=14 Contact]." Clickair. 17 November 2006. Retrieved on 13 September 2011. "Central office: CLICKAIR S.A. C/ Solsones, 2 Esc.B 3º 1ª Parc de Negocis MAS BLAU Prat de Llobregat 08820 Barcelona (Spain)"</ref><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20121102195208/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-169093469.html Article: clickair on track to carry 4.5 million passengers by year end.(Brief article)]." ''[[Airline Industry Information]]''. 25 September 2007. Retrieved on 30 March 2009.</ref> Clickair flew to nearly 40 destinations in [[Europe]]. The airline's main base was [[Barcelona–El Prat Airport]] with further bases at [[Málaga]], [[Seville]] and [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]].<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 67 | date= 2007-04-03}}</ref> Clickair merged into [[Vueling]] on 15 July 2009. The company slogan was Catalan: Vola intel·ligent (''Fly smart).''


==History==
==History==
===Early years===
The company was first called Catair, derived from CAT (CATalonia) and AIR, but changed its name to Clickair just before starting operations. Clickair positioned itself as a [[low-cost airline]] and offered a [[buy on board]] programme for food, drinks, and other goods.<ref>"[http://www.clickair.com/view/archivos/Clicbasics%20oct%2008.pdf Clickbasics]." ''Clickair''. Retrieved on 20 January 2009.</ref>


The airline started operations on 1 October 2006 with three [[Airbus A320]] aircraft operating five routes from its Barcelona hub.<ref>[[Flight International]], 3–9 October 2006</ref> The company was founded from initial capital investment from [[Grupo ACS|Cobra]], [[Iberia Airlines|Iberia]], [[Iberostar]], Nefinsa and Quercus Equity (Group Agrolimen), each with a 20% share, with Iberia setting up the airline.<ref>[http://www.clickair.com/view/default.aspx?lang=2&menu=81&pagina=0 Clickair website]</ref> Although Iberia held a 20% stake in the airline, it controlled 80% of its economic rights. The company has plans for the operation of 30 [[Airbus A320]]s on 70 routes, carrying 10 million passengers a year by the end of 2008.<ref name="FI"/> Clickair's IATA code, XG was inherited from [[Gestair Cargo]]'s retired passenger airline Regional Líneas Aéreas.
It was first called Catair, a combination of two words, CAT (from CATalonia) and AIR. Today Catair Lineas Aereas is just the name of the holding.


=== Merger with Vueling ===
The airline started operations with 3 [[Airbus A320]] aircraft operating five routes from its Barcelona hub. <ref name="F1">[[Flight International]], 3-9 October 2006</ref> The company was founded from initial capital investment from [[Grupo ACS|Cobra]], [[Iberia]], [[Iberostar]], [[Nefinsa]] and [[Quercus Equity]] (Group [[Agrolimen]]), each with a 20% share. <ref name="F2">[[http://www.clickair.com/view/default.aspx?lang=2&menu=81&pagina=0]]</ref>
In June 2008, Clickair and rival Spanish low-cost airline [[Vueling]] announced their intention to merge.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1215488627.html |title=Vueling To Merge With Clickair |access-date=28 July 2008 |archive-date=10 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210213556/http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1215488627.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The merger was agreed because they wanted to make a single carrier better equipped to take out high fuel costs and fees, and both airlines were losing a lot of money. The merger would cause Clickair to cease operations because Vueling was to be the name of the new airline. The airline was to be based in [[Barcelona Airport|Barcelona]] where both of the low-cost airlines were based and were to keep its original hubs. Boss of Clickair Alex Cruz was also to be the chief executive of the airline.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1215488627.html |title=Merger Information |access-date=28 July 2008 |archive-date=10 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210213556/http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1215488627.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Five aircraft were planned to be introduced in 2008; however, the airline scaled back its expansion plans and would add only one aircraft to the fleet during the year.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSL0733513920080107 Spain's Clickair scales back growth plans - Reuters]</ref>
It has an expansion plan expecting the operation of 30 aircraft to 70 routes by the end of 2008.<ref name="F3">[[http://www.clickair.com/view/default.aspx?lang=2&menu=81&menu2=105&pagina=3]]</ref>


On 15 July 2009 the merger of [[Vueling]] and Clickair was completed.<ref name=travelmole>{{cite web|url=http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1137210.php|title=Vueling new airline name to UK|publisher=TravelMole|author=Phil Davies|access-date=9 July 2009|archive-date=24 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724234105/http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1137210.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> The newly merged airline operates under the Vueling brand, with Clickair ceasing its operations. Since the merger, Vueling has become the second-largest Spanish carrier, flying 8.2 million passengers in 2009 to almost 50 destinations. After ceasing operations, 20 of the 26 aircraft went to Vueling. The rest of the fleet went to [[Astraeus Airlines]], [[Vertir Airlines]] and [[Ural Airlines]], with two being stored.
==Destinations==
[[Image:Clickair A320 EC-GRH.jpg|thumb|Clickair Airbus A320]]
{| class="wikitable"


==Fleet==
| Destinations || [[Barcelona International Airport|Barcelona]] ||[[San Pablo Airport|Seville]]||[[Valencia Airport|Valencia]] || [[A_Coru%C3%B1a_Airport|La Coruña]] || [[Bilbao_Airport|Bilbao]]
[[File:Clickair A320 EC-GRH.jpg|thumb|Clickair [[Airbus A320]]]]
|-
The Clickair fleet consisted of the following aircraft at 21 March 2009, with eight aircraft having been purchased new and fourteen second-hand A320 originally built for Iberia:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=CLK&al_op=1 |title=Clickair Fleet |access-date=28 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211055025/http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=CLK&al_op=1 |archive-date=11 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/Clickair.htm Clickair Fleet Age]</ref>
! [[Amsterdam Schiphol Airport|Amsterdam]] || x || || || ||

|-
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! [[Barcelona International Airport|Barcelona]]|| &mdash; || x || || x ||
|+ '''Clickair fleet'''
|-
|- bgcolor=lightblue
! [[Berlin-Tegel International Airport|Berlin (Tegel)]]|| x || || || ||
!Aircraft
|-
!Total
! [[Bilbao_Airport|Bilbao]]|| || || || ||&mdash;
!Passengers
|-
! [[Bucharest Airport|Bucharest]] || x || || || ||
|-
! [[Budapest Airport|Budapest]] || x || || || ||
|-
![[Mohammed_V_International_Airport|Casablanca]]|| x || || || ||
|-
! [[Dublin Airport|Dublin]]|| x || || || ||
|-
! [[Dubrovnik Airport|Dubrovnik]] || x || || || ||
|-
! [[Frankfurt International Airport|Frankfurt]]|| x || x || || ||
|-
! [[Geneva Cointrin International Airport|Geneva]]|| x || || || ||
|-
! [[Helsinki Airport|Helsinki]] || x || || || ||
|-
! [[Jerez_Airport|Jerez]]|| x || || || ||
|-
! [[A_Coru%C3%B1a_Airport|La Coruña]]|| || x || || &mdash; ||
|-
! [[Portela Airport|Lisbon]]|| x || || || ||
|-
! [[Gatwick_airport|London (Gatwick)]]|| ||x|| || ||
|-
! [[London Heathrow Airport|London (Heathrow)]]|| || x || x || x ||
|-
! [[Málaga Airport|Málaga]]|| x || || || ||x
|-
! [[Marrakech_Airport|Marrakech]]||x|| || || ||
|-
! [[Marseille_Airport|Marseille]]||x|| || || ||
|-
! [[Malpensa International Airport|Milan (Malpensa)]]|| || || x || ||
|-
! [[Munich International Airport|Munich]]|| x || || || ||
|-
![[Naples_International_Airport|Naples]]|| x || || || ||
|-
![[Palermo_International_Airport|Palermo]]||x|| || || ||
|-
! [[Paris - Orly Airport|Paris (Orly)]]|| || x || x || ||
|-
! [[Pisa_Airport|Pisa]]|| x || || || ||
|-
! [[Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport|Porto]]|| x || || || ||
|-
! [[Ruzyně International Airport|Prague]]|| x || || || ||
|-
! [[Leonardo da Vinci International Airport|Rome (Fiumicino)]]|| || || x || ||
|-
! [[Santiago_de_Compostela_Airport|Santiago de Compostela]]||x|| || || ||
|-
! [[San Pablo Airport|Seville]]|| x || &mdash; || || x ||
|-
! [[Valencia Airport|Valencia]]|| || || &mdash; || ||
|-
! [[Venice-Treviso_Airport|Venice]]||x|| || || ||
|-
! [[Verona Airport|Verona]]|| x || || || ||
|-
! [[Vienna Airport|Vienna]] || x || || || ||
|-
! [[Vigo_Airport|Vigo]]||x|| || || ||
|-
! [[Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport|Warsaw]] || x || || || ||
|-
! [[Zürich International Airport|Zurich]]|| x || || || ||
|-
|-
|[[Airbus A320 family#A320|Airbus A320-200]]
|align="center"|26
|180
|}
|}


== Fleet ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
As of [[March 2007]] the Clickair fleet includes:

*13 [[Airbus 320]]-211


== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.clickair.com/ Clickair]
{{commonscat-inline|Clickair}}
* {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/*/http://www.clickair.com/|Clickair official website}} (Archive)
*[http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=CLK&al_op=1 Clickair Fleet]


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== References ==
{{Airlines of Spain}}
{{European Low Fares Airline Association}}


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[[Category:Defunct European low-cost airlines]]

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[[Category:Low-cost airlines]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 2006]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 2006]]
[[Category:Grupo Iberia]]
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Latest revision as of 10:37, 26 May 2024

Clickair
IATA ICAO Call sign
XG CLI CLICKJET
Founded2006 (as Catair)
Commenced operations1 October 2006
Ceased operations15 July 2009 (merged with Vueling)
Operating bases
Fleet size26
Destinations41
Parent companyIberia
HeadquartersEl Prat de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
Key peopleÁlex Cruz (CEO)
Carlos Losada (President)
Websiteclickair.com

Clickair was a low-cost airline that was based in the Parc de Negocis Mas Blau in El Prat de Llobregat, near Barcelona, Spain.[1][2] Clickair flew to nearly 40 destinations in Europe. The airline's main base was Barcelona–El Prat Airport with further bases at Málaga, Seville and Valencia.[3] Clickair merged into Vueling on 15 July 2009. The company slogan was Catalan: Vola intel·ligent (Fly smart).

History

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Early years

[edit]

The company was first called Catair, derived from CAT (CATalonia) and AIR, but changed its name to Clickair just before starting operations. Clickair positioned itself as a low-cost airline and offered a buy on board programme for food, drinks, and other goods.[4]

The airline started operations on 1 October 2006 with three Airbus A320 aircraft operating five routes from its Barcelona hub.[5] The company was founded from initial capital investment from Cobra, Iberia, Iberostar, Nefinsa and Quercus Equity (Group Agrolimen), each with a 20% share, with Iberia setting up the airline.[6] Although Iberia held a 20% stake in the airline, it controlled 80% of its economic rights. The company has plans for the operation of 30 Airbus A320s on 70 routes, carrying 10 million passengers a year by the end of 2008.[3] Clickair's IATA code, XG was inherited from Gestair Cargo's retired passenger airline Regional Líneas Aéreas.

Merger with Vueling

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In June 2008, Clickair and rival Spanish low-cost airline Vueling announced their intention to merge.[7] The merger was agreed because they wanted to make a single carrier better equipped to take out high fuel costs and fees, and both airlines were losing a lot of money. The merger would cause Clickair to cease operations because Vueling was to be the name of the new airline. The airline was to be based in Barcelona where both of the low-cost airlines were based and were to keep its original hubs. Boss of Clickair Alex Cruz was also to be the chief executive of the airline.[8]

Five aircraft were planned to be introduced in 2008; however, the airline scaled back its expansion plans and would add only one aircraft to the fleet during the year.[9]

On 15 July 2009 the merger of Vueling and Clickair was completed.[10] The newly merged airline operates under the Vueling brand, with Clickair ceasing its operations. Since the merger, Vueling has become the second-largest Spanish carrier, flying 8.2 million passengers in 2009 to almost 50 destinations. After ceasing operations, 20 of the 26 aircraft went to Vueling. The rest of the fleet went to Astraeus Airlines, Vertir Airlines and Ural Airlines, with two being stored.

Fleet

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Clickair Airbus A320

The Clickair fleet consisted of the following aircraft at 21 March 2009, with eight aircraft having been purchased new and fourteen second-hand A320 originally built for Iberia:[11][12]

Clickair fleet
Aircraft Total Passengers
Airbus A320-200 26 180

References

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  1. ^ "Contact." Clickair. 17 November 2006. Retrieved on 13 September 2011. "Central office: CLICKAIR S.A. C/ Solsones, 2 Esc.B 3º 1ª Parc de Negocis MAS BLAU Prat de Llobregat 08820 Barcelona (Spain)"
  2. ^ "Article: clickair on track to carry 4.5 million passengers by year end.(Brief article)." Airline Industry Information. 25 September 2007. Retrieved on 30 March 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 67.
  4. ^ "Clickbasics." Clickair. Retrieved on 20 January 2009.
  5. ^ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006
  6. ^ Clickair website
  7. ^ "Vueling To Merge With Clickair". Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  8. ^ "Merger Information". Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  9. ^ Spain's Clickair scales back growth plans - Reuters
  10. ^ Phil Davies. "Vueling new airline name to UK". TravelMole. Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  11. ^ "Clickair Fleet". Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2006.
  12. ^ Clickair Fleet Age
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