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Gestair Cargo is a cargo airline
based in Madrid
, Spain
. It is a privately owned airline operating scheduled flights to destinations in Spain and Germany. Its main base is Madrid Barajas International Airport
.
and business airline Gestair
of Spain as Regional Líneas Aéreas. It operated scheduled passenger flights from Madrid with a fleet of Saab 340 until January 1998. It then re-emerged as Cygnus Air operating all-cargo services with two Douglas DC8-62F aircraft. In July 2002, a DC8-73F was phased in. The airline is owned by Macholfam International (Grupo Gestair) (60%) and IMES (Grupo ACS) (40%). From 2006 onward, and for legal concerns, its legal name changed to Corporación Ygnus Air. Since May 2007, its commercial name has changed to Gestair Cargo, as part of the new brand positioning carried out by the Gestair Group.
Gestair Cargo's main client is Iberia Airlines
(at May 2007).
The airline replaced its Douglas DC-8-62CFs with Boeing 757-200PF
aircraft, converted to freighter by Precisions Conversions. The first aircraft was a former Iberia aircraft, while the second aircraft was last operated by Arkia and started commercial operations in February 2008.
Cargo airline
Cargo airlines are airlines dedicated to the transport of cargo. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines.-Logistics:...
based in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain
Spain
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. It is a privately owned airline operating scheduled flights to destinations in Spain and Germany. Its main base is Madrid Barajas International Airport
Madrid Barajas International Airport
Madrid-Barajas Airport is the main international airport serving Madrid in Spain. In 2010, over 49.8 million passengers used Madrid-Barajas, making it the country's largest and busiest airport, and in 2009 it was the world's 11th busiest airport and Europe's fourth busiest airport. It opened...
.
History
The airline was established as a regional passenger carrier in 1994 but started full cargo operations in November 1998. It was founded by Regional Airlines of FranceFrance
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and business airline Gestair
Gestair
Gestair Private Avitation is an airline based in Madrid, Spain. Part of the Gestair Group with its business units Commercial Aviation, Aviation Training and Private Aviation, it is a corporate aviation company operating a wide range of services including charter flights and aircraft management,...
of Spain as Regional Líneas Aéreas. It operated scheduled passenger flights from Madrid with a fleet of Saab 340 until January 1998. It then re-emerged as Cygnus Air operating all-cargo services with two Douglas DC8-62F aircraft. In July 2002, a DC8-73F was phased in. The airline is owned by Macholfam International (Grupo Gestair) (60%) and IMES (Grupo ACS) (40%). From 2006 onward, and for legal concerns, its legal name changed to Corporación Ygnus Air. Since May 2007, its commercial name has changed to Gestair Cargo, as part of the new brand positioning carried out by the Gestair Group.
Gestair Cargo's main client is Iberia Airlines
Iberia Airlines
Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, S.A., commonly known as Iberia, is the flag carrier airline of Spain. Based in Madrid, it operates an international network of services from its main bases of Madrid-Barajas Airport and Barcelona El Prat Airport....
(at May 2007).
Fleet
The Gestair Cargo fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 5 January 2011) http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=GPC&al_op=1:- 2 Boeing 757-200PFBoeing 757The Boeing 757 is a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Passenger versions of the twinjet have a capacity of 186 to 289 persons and a maximum range of , depending on variant and cabin configuration...
- 2 Boeing 767-300/ER(BDSF) (on order; opf TNT AirwaysTNT AirwaysTNT Airways, a subsidiary of TNT Express, is a cargo and passenger airline, operating chartered flights to mainly European destinations...
) - 1 Embraer ERJ-145
The airline replaced its Douglas DC-8-62CFs with Boeing 757-200PF
Boeing 757
The Boeing 757 is a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Passenger versions of the twinjet have a capacity of 186 to 289 persons and a maximum range of , depending on variant and cabin configuration...
aircraft, converted to freighter by Precisions Conversions. The first aircraft was a former Iberia aircraft, while the second aircraft was last operated by Arkia and started commercial operations in February 2008.