Futura International Airways
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Futura International Airways was an airline with its head office in the Zona Facturación on the property of Palma de Mallorca Airport in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.[1] It operated scheduled services and charter flights for tour operators and other airlines, in Europe, as well as wet lease and ad hoc charters. Its main base was Palma de Mallorca Airport.[2] After failing to re-finance itself the company ceased trading on the 8 September 2008, leaving many passengers stranded in and around Spain.[3]
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Founded | 1989 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 7 September 2008 | ||||||
Hubs | Palma de Mallorca Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 27 | ||||||
Destinations | 146 | ||||||
Headquarters | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | ||||||
Website | www.futura.aero |
There was also an intrastate airline operating in California in the U.S. in 1962 flying as Futura Airlines with Lockheed Constellation propliners serving Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, Fresno, Bakersfield and Lake Tahoe.[4]