Aerolíneas de Baleares

Infobox Airline
airline = Aerolíneas de Baleares

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fleet_size = 8
destinations = 8
IATA = DF
ICAO = ABH
callsign = AIR BALEAR
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founded = 1999
headquarters = Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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hubs = Son Sant Joan Airport
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website = http://www.aebal.es/

Aerolíneas de Baleares (AeBAL) was an airline based in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. It operated scheduled services, as well as international charters. Its fleet was exclusively leased to Spanair for use on domestic and international routes. Its main base was Son Sant Joan Airport, Palma de Mallorcacite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 48 | date= 2007-03-27] .

History

The airline was established in 1999 and started operations on 5 July 2000 from Madrid with domestic services and an initial fleet of three Boeing 717 aircraft. It was originally named Aerolineas Baleares Blue Star, but has operated under the AeBal name, whilst retaining much of its Spanair pedigree in the livery. It was owned by Spanair (51%) and SAS Group (49%) and had 155 employees (at March 2007).

Aerolíneas de Baleares ceased all flight operations on 16 September 2008 with the five 717s wearing AeBAL own colors returned to the lessor.

Destinations

Aerolineas de Baleares operated services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at February 2007): Barcelona, Bilbao, Ibiza, Madrid, Mahon, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife and Vigo.

Fleet

The Aerolineas de Baleares fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of 12 September 2008) [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=DF&al_op=1] :

*8 Boeing 717-200 (five aircraft are operated as Spanair Link and three aircraft were leased to Spanair)

External links

* [http://www.aebal.es/ Aerolineas de Baleares]

References