Spantax
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Spantax S.A. was a Spanish leisure airline headquartered in Madrid that operated from 6 October 1959 to 29 March 1988. Spantax was one of the first Spanish airlines to operate tourist charter flights between European and North American cities and popular Spanish holiday destinations and was considered a major force in developing 20th-century mass tourism in Spain. Its popularity and image faded from the 1970s onward when a series of crashes and incidents revealed safety deficits, which, combined with rising fuel costs and increasing competition, resulted in the company facing severe financial
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- Airline.airline
- Spantax
- Airline.logo
- SpantaxLogo1.JPG
- Airline.logo_size
- 300
- Airline.IATA
- BX
- Airline.ICAO
- BXS
- Airline.callsign
- SPANTAX
- Airline.founded
- 6 October 1959
- Airline.ceased
- 29 March 1988
- Airline.fleet_size
- 14
- Airline.headquarters
- Madrid, Spain
- Airline.hubs
- Gran Canaria Airport Palma de Mallorca Airport
- Airline.key_people
- Rodolfo Bay Wright Marta Estades Saez
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- Image
- Spantax Douglas DC-6 Volpati-1.jpg
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- Spantax
- IATA airline designator
- BX
- ICAO airline designator
- BXS
- inception
- 1959-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1988-00-00
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- History
- Formative years
- Jet age
- Demise
- Fleet
- Accidents and incidents
- References
- External links
Spantax S.A. was a Spanish leisure airline headquartered in Madrid that operated from 6 October 1959 to 29 March 1988. Spantax was one of the first Spanish airlines to operate tourist charter flights between European and North American cities and popular Spanish holiday destinations and was considered a major force in developing 20th-century mass tourism in Spain. Its popularity and image faded from the 1970s onward when a series of crashes and incidents revealed safety deficits, which, combined with rising fuel costs and increasing competition, resulted in the company facing severe financial difficulties that led to its demise in 1988.
==History== thumb|right|Spantax Douglas DC-7|Douglas DC-7C in 1966 thumb|right|Spantax Douglas DC-8 in 1973 thumb|right|Spantax Convair CV-990 in 1976 thumb|Spantax Boeing 737-200 in 1986