Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas
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| Founded | 2011[3] | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 2015 | ||||||
| Operating bases | Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
| Destinations | 5 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Madrid,Spain | ||||||
| Key people | Julio Miguel Martínez Sola (CEO) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Plus Ultra Líneas Aeréas S.A. is a Spanish long-haul airline based at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport.
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History
Plus Ultra was founded in 2011 by the former director of now defunct Air Madrid, Julio Miguel Martínez Sola.[3] On 15 June 2016 the airline started operating regular flights, with destinations such as Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Lima, Peru. The initial fleet was made up of two pre-owned Airbus A340-300s which had been taken over from Gulf Air in late 2014.[3]
On March 2017, the airline announced two new routes: Barcelona-Madrid-Santiago de Chile from the 15th June 2017 and Barcelona-Havana from the 1st July 2017, both operated by an Airbus A340-300.[4][5][6]
Destinations
As of March 2017, Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas operates scheduled flights to the following destinations:[7]
| Country | City | Airport | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | Santiago de Chile | Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport | |
| Cuba | Havana | José Martí International Airport | |
| Peru | Lima | Jorge Chávez International Airport | |
| Spain | Barcelona | Barcelona-El Prat Airport | |
| Spain | Madrid | Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport | Base |
Fleet
As of May 2017, the Plus Ultra fleet consists of the following aircraft:[8]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Y | Total | ||||
| Airbus A340-300 | 3 | — | 18 | 285 | 303 | |
| Total | 3 | — | ||||
References
- ^ a b "Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas". ch-aviation. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "JO 7340.2G Contractions" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 5 January 2017. p. 3-1-76. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ a b c ch-aviation.com - Spanish start-up, Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas, gets first A340 2 September 2014
- ^ "Plus Ultra volará a Chile a través del hub en Madrid" (in Spanish). Preferente. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Plus Ultra volará de Barcelona a Santiago de Chile" (in Spanish). Expreso. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Plus Ultra se lanza: operará Barcelona-La Habana a partir del mes de julio" (in Spanish). Preferente. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Spain's Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas squeezed in LatAm market". ch-aviation. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Plus-Ultra
External links
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