Gadair European Airlines

Infobox Airline
airline = Gadair European Airlines

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ICAO = GDR
callsign = GADAIR LINES
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headquarters = Madrid, Spain
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hubs = Madrid Barajas International Airport
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website = http://www.gadair.com/

Gadair European Airlines is a start-up airline based in Madrid, Spain. It plans to operate aircraft on ACMI leases for services to five continents. A number of changes of plan have been made, including a switch to Bahrain as the main hub.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 85 | date= 2007-04-03]

History

The airline originally planned to launch operations on 10 April 2006 using two Boeing 767-200ER aircraft on ACMI leases, but delays in obtaining the necessary licences mean that the launch date is now June 2007. The airline is owned by Grupo AISA (51%), Santiago Sanchez Marin (24%), Dairo Quiroga de Parado (12.5%) and Gabriel Abraham del Campo (12.5%).The airline is awaiting for approval on a route from Madrid to Bahrain. A Boeing 757 was being used temporeraly by Thomas Cook to Lemnos (Greece)

Fleet

The Gadair European Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 8 September 2008) [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=GAD&al_op=1] :

*2 Boeing 757-200 (one aircraft is operated by Icelandair)

External links

* [http://www.gadair.com/ Gadair European Airlines]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=GAD&al_op=1 Gadair European Airlines Fleet]

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