Air Nostrum

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Air Nostrum is a regional airline based in Valencia, Spain, operating as an Iberia Regional partner and an affilliate member of the oneworld airline alliance. It operates a very extensive domestic network in Spain and a large network in Europe, as well as private charter flights. Its main base is Valencia Airport, with hubs at Barcelona International Airport and Madrid Barajas International Airport.

Contents

1 Code Data
2 History
3 Destinations
4 Fleet
5 External links

Code Data

IATA Code: YW
ICAO Code: ANS
Callsign: Nostrum Air

History

The airline was established in 1994 and started operations in December 1994. In May 1997 Air Nostrum signed an agreement with Iberia to become an Iberia franchise. It owned Dutch airline Denim Air between 1999 and 2002 and is itself owned by Nefinsa (98%).

Destinations

Air Nostrum operates the following services (at January 2006):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Albacete, Alicante, Almería, Asturias, Badajoz, Barcelona, Bilbao, Granada, Ibiza, La Coruna, Las Palmas, León, Logroño, Madrid, Málaga, Melilla, Menorca, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca, Pamplona, Reus, San Sebastian, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Tenerife, Valencia, Valladolid, Vigo, Vitoria and Zaragoza.

International scheduled destinations: Basle/Mulhouse, Bologna, Bordeaux, Brussels, Casablanca, Florence, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hanover, London, Lyon, Marseille, Milan, Nantes,Naples, Nice, Paris, Porto, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Turin and Zurich.

Fleet

The Air Nostrum fleet consists of the following aircraft (at July 2006):

7 ATR 72-500
2 BAe146-200
35 CRJ-200ER
1 CRJ-900
19 Dash 8-300

Air Nostrum average fleet age is 4.5 years (July 2006).

An additional order for a further 20 Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft was announced in July 2004.

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