 Sky Service Aviation Bombardier BD-700 at Cancun Airport | |||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1992 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2005 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | Fleet below | ||||||
| Headquarters | Madrid, Spain | ||||||
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Sky Service Aviation was a charter airline based in Madrid, Spain. [1]
Sky Service Aviation was founded in 1992 and went through a relaunching and expansion in 2002. The company's headquarters were in Alcobendas, Madrid, but it had offices in Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca as well. [1] [2]
On 18 August 2002 one of Sky Service Aviation's airplanes, a Learjet 35A, crash-landed at Asturias Airport. The accident involved no fatalities. [3]
The airline was bought by the MCH holding of Gestair in 2005. Following the purchase its fleet was merged into the fleet of the Gestair group. [4]
The airline had a number of different aircraft in its fleet according to the period, including:
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