Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas

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

Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas
IATA ICAO Callsign
PU[1] PUE[1] SPANISH[2]
Founded2011[3]
Commenced operationsJuly 2015
HubsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
Fleet size3
Destinations7
HeadquartersMadrid, Spain
Key peopleJulio Miguel Martínez Sola (CEO)
Websitewww.plusultra.com

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, Dominican Republic and Lima, Peru. 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 de Chile 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 March 2021, Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas operates scheduled flights to the following destinations:[8]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
 ChileSantiagoArturo Merino Benítez International AirportTerminated[9]
 ColombiaCaliAlfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport
 ColombiaCartagenaRafael Núñez International Airport
 CubaLa HavanaJosé Martí International AirportTerminated[10]
 Dominican RepublicSanto DomingoLas Américas International AirportTerminated
 EcuadorQuitoMariscal Sucre International Airport
 EcuadorGuayaquilJosé Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport
 PeruLimaJorge Chávez International Airport
 SpainTenerifeTenerife North AirportTerminated
 SpainMadridAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportHub
 VenezuelaCaracasSimón Bolívar International Airport

Fleet

Current fleet
A Plus Ultra Airbus A340-300

As of April 2021, the Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas fleet consists of the following aircraft:[11]

Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas fleet
Aircraft In
service		 Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Airbus A340-300 2 — 18 285 303 To be retired by 2023.
Airbus A340-600 1 — 40 328 368 Leased from European Aviation Group[12]
Return to lessor at the end of 2021.
Total 3 —

Former fleet

Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas previously operated the following aircraft:[11]

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. "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. 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. "Plus Ultra leaves the Barcelona-Havana route due to weak demand". Hosteltur: Toda la información de turismo (in Spanish). Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  11. "Plus Ultra Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  12. "Plus Ultra to Expand Fleet". Aeronautics. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-18.

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