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词条 Air Comet
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  1. History

     Air Plus Comet  Air Comet 

  2. Destinations

  3. Fleet

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Infobox Airline
|airline = Air Comet
|logo = Air_Comet_Logo.png
|logo_size = 250
|IATA = A7
|ICAO = MPD
|callsign = RED COMET
|founded = 1996 (as Air Plus Comet)
|ceased = 21 December 2009
|hubs = Madrid Barajas Airport
|frequent_flyer = Club Air Comet
|fleet_size = 12
|destinations = 10
|parent = Grupo Marsans
|headquarters = Madrid, Spain
|key_people = Gerardo Díaz Ferrán
|website = aircomet.com
}}

Air Comet (formerly Air Plus Comet) was an airline based in Madrid, Spain.[1][2] It operated scheduled long-haul services from Madrid to 13 destinations in Central and South America, as well as services in Europe. Its main base was Terminal 1 at Madrid Barajas Airport. The airline cooperated with airlines such as AeroSur through codeshare agreements.

History

Air Plus Comet

The airline was established on 23 December 1996 as Air Plus Comet and started operations on 1 March 1997, based at Madrid Barajas Airport. On 11 December 1996 Oasis airline ceased operations and their only aircraft, an Airbus A310, and many of their pilots, ground and office personnel, etc. became the foundation of Air Plus Comet. In the post-takeover haste, the airline lacked a commercial name and its ICAO code was MPD, which stood for the last names of its three main executives (Mata, Pascual and Díaz).

It mainly operated long-haul charter services from Madrid and Palma de Mallorca to destinations in America and the Caribbean. It relaunched as a full-service carrier under the Air Comet name in January 2007. It was wholly owned by Grupo Marsans.

Air Comet

In January 2007, Air Comet took over some of now-defunct Air Madrid's Latin American routes. The airline was renamed 'Air Comet' and changed its livery.[3]

On 11 February 2009, Air Comet was suspended from the IATA Clearing House due to non-payment of its January balance.[4] On 21 December 2009, a High Court in London emitted a verdict favouring the German bank HSH Nordbank, which had sued Air Comet for not meeting the terms of payment for their leased aircraft. Therefore, the airline became legally unable to either operate their four A330-200s or sell any fare tickets. Air Comet's directors announced the airline was ceasing operations owing to bankruptcy.[5]

Destinations

Air Comet flew to the following destinations:[6]

Europe
  • Spain
    • Madrid - Madrid Barajas Airport base
The Caribbean
  • Cuba
    • Havana - José Martí International Airport
South America
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires - Ministro Pistarini International Airport
  • Bolivia
    • Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Viru Viru International Airport
  • Colombia
    • Bogotá - El Dorado International Airport
    • Medellín - José María Córdova International Airport
  • Ecuador
    • Guayaquil - José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport
    • Quito - Mariscal Sucre International Airport
  • Peru
    • Lima - Jorge Chávez International Airport

Fleet

When operations ended, the Air Comet fleet consisted of the following aircraft[7] (as of 21 December 2009):

Air Comet Fleet
AircraftTotalPassengersNotes
FCYTotal
Airbus A320-2003012156168
Airbus A330-2004240259286One of them ended in Batavia Air
Airbus A340-30026
30
42
28
204
227
252
255

References

1. ^"[https://web.archive.org/web/20070210224429/http://www.airpluscomet.com/oficinas.php Oficinas Centrales]." Air Comet. 10 February 2007. Retrieved on 22 June 2010.
2. ^"[https://web.archive.org/web/20070203141739/http://www.airpluscomet.com/imagenes/dondeestamos.gif dondeestamos.gif]." Air Comet. 3 February 2007. Retrieved on 22 June 2010.
3. ^Airlines Remembered; R. Leeuw - Air Plus Comet
4. ^Air Comet - IATA
5. ^Milenio - Air Comet cerrará sus operaciones{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
6. ^Air Comet Schedules {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228200019/http://www.aircomet.com/A7eAracs/preSearchSchedules.do |date=2009-02-28 }} (as of December 2009)
7. ^Planespotters - Air Comet

External links

{{Portal|Spain|Companies|Aviation}}{{Commons category inline|Air Comet}}
  • {{official website|http://www.aircomet.com|Official website of Air Comet (Password protected)}}; [https://web.archive.org//http://www.aircomet.com (Archive)]
  • Air Comet Fleet
  • Air Comet Fleet on planespotters.net
{{Airlines of Spain}}

4 : Defunct airlines of Spain|Airlines established in 1996|Airlines disestablished in 2009|Companies based in Madrid

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