Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas
Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas Logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
PU[1] PUE[1] SPANISH[2]
Founded2011[3]
Commenced operations5 August 2015
HubsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
Frequent-flyer programPremier Plus
Fleet size3
Destinations4
HeadquartersMadrid, Spain
Key peopleJulio Miguel Martínez Sola (Founder)
Roberto Roselli (CEO)
Websitewww.plusultra.com

Plus Ultra Líneas Aeréas S.A. is a Spanish long-haul airline based at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport.

History[]

Plus Ultra was founded in 2011 by the former director of now defunct Air Madrid, Julio Miguel Martínez Sola.[3] Plus ultra ("Further beyond") is a Latin motto and the national motto of Spain. It is taken from the personal motto of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, and is a reversal of the original phrase Non plus ultra ("Nothing further beyond").

On 15 June 2016 the airline started operating regular flights, with destinations such as Santo Domingo and Lima. The initial fleet was made up of two pre-owned Airbus A340-300s which had been taken over from Gulf Air in late 2014.[3] In March 2017, the airline announced two new routes: Barcelona-Madrid-Santiago from 15 June 2017 and Barcelona-Havana from 1 July 2017[4][5][6] which however both were not commenced. One year later, Plus Ultra announced plans to serve Caracas from Tenerife–North.[7]

In March 2021, the Spanish government announced an aid of 53 million euros from the fund created to support companies considered strategic during the economic crisis derived from COVID-19.

Destinations[]

As of January 2022, Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas operates scheduled flights to the following destinations:[8]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
 Chile Santiago Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Terminated [9]
 Colombia Bogotá El Dorado International Airport Begins in July 2, 2022 [10]
 Colombia Cartagena Rafael Núñez International Airport Begins on July 2, 2022 [10]
 Cuba La Havana José Martí International Airport Terminated [11]
 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Las Américas International Airport Terminated
Resumes on July 1, 2022		 [10]
 Ecuador Guayaquil José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport Terminated
 Ecuador Quito Mariscal Sucre International Airport Terminated
 Equatorial Guinea Malabo Malabo International Airport Begins in July 2022
 Peru Lima Jorge Chávez International Airport
 Spain Tenerife Tenerife North Airport
 Spain Madrid Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport Hub
 Venezuela Caracas Simón Bolívar International Airport

Fleet[]

Current fleet[]

A Plus Ultra Airbus A340-300 approaching Teruel Airport in 2016

As of February 2022, the Plus Ultra fleet consists of the following aircraft:[12]

Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas fleet
Aircraft In
service 		Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Airbus A330-200 — 3 TBA
Airbus A340-300 2 — 24 265 289 To be retired by 2023
Airbus A340-600 1 — 40 328 368 Leased from European Aviation Group[13]
Total 3 3

Former fleet[]

Plus Ultra previously operated the following aircraft:[12]

Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas former fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Boeing 777-200ER 1 2017 2017 Leased from Privilege Style

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas". ch-aviation. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  2. ^ "JO 7340.2G Contractions" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 5 January 2017. pp. 3–1–76. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b c ch-aviation.com - Spanish start-up, Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas, gets first A340 2 September 2014
  4. ^ "Plus Ultra volará a Chile a través del hub en Madrid" (in Spanish). Preferente. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Plus Ultra volará de Barcelona a Santiago de Chile" (in Spanish). Expreso. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Plus Ultra se lanza: operará Barcelona-La Habana a partir del mes de julio" (in Spanish). Preferente. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  7. ^ http://www.laopinion.es/economia/2018/03/15/plus-ultra-lineas-aereas-une/859860.html
  8. ^ "Spain's Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas squeezed in LatAm market". ch-aviation. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Plus Ultra confirms end of flights to Santiago arguing low profitability" (in Spanish). Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  10. ^ a b c Nieves Dolande, Rainer (18 January 2022). "Plus Ultra to launch new flights to Colombia and Dominican Republic". Aviacionline. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  11. ^ "Plus Ultra leaves the Barcelona-Havana route due to weak demand". Hosteltur: Toda la información de turismo (in Spanish). Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Plus Ultra Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  13. ^ "Plus Ultra to Expand Fleet". Aeronautics. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-18.

External links[]

Media related to Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas at Wikimedia Commons

Retrieved from ""