W2 RYJ Commenced operations 1999 Headquarters Campanillas Ceased operations 2012 | RYJ RYJET Fleet size Fleet below Founded 1999 | |
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Ryjet, also known as RYJET - Aerotaxis del Mediterraneo, was a small Spanish airline based in Málaga. Despite the name of the airline its fleet included no jets, only turboprop aircraft.
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History
The airline was founded in 1999 and projected to operate air taxi, cargo and charter services covering Spain, Portugal and Morocco. Most of its operations, however, were between Málaga and Melilla. By 2011 the airline established a kind of airbridge between the southern Spanish city and the Spanish possession on the Moroccan coast rising the amount of its flights to 108 per month.
Ryjet made headlines in 2007 when it was revealed that it had asked high amounts as down-payments to pilots who wished to work for the company. In the following years other irregularities were detected in the operation of the airline.
By March 2012 Ryjet had run into severe financial trouble and it had difficulties paying its bills; three months later —owing to default in payments to its lessors and to its employees— Ryjet announced that it ceased operations.